Pride of Country Quotes

There is the National Flag. He must be cold, indeed, who can look upon its folds rippling in the breeze without pride of country. If he be in a foreign land, the flag is companionship and country itself, with all its endearment...The very colors have a language which was recognized by our fathers; white is for purity; red, for valor; blue, for justice. And altogether, bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky, make the flag of our country, to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld by all our hands.

You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame.

Philippines, what an amazing honor it has been to carry your name across my chest and to embody you in all aspects.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Sometimes I wonder if people realise how beautiful and honourable I find it to play for my country.

I'm extremely proud to have represented my country. It's truly an honour.

Frankly, I never thought that I would represent my country one day.

I love serving this country, and I miss serving this country.

It's an immense pride for me to be captain of the national team.

At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.

I'm going to represent my country the best I can.

I know the pride of carrying our nation's flag abroad - and I have felt the grief of burying too many friends beneath that flag at home.

Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.

I was asked to do something and represent my country. That's a great honor. This isn't about what it could do for me but what I could do for U.S.A. Basketball.

When you step out of the team environment you think, 'Wow, I'm England captain and we've just won the Ashes.'

National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals—a necessary condition for self improvement.

I've done my country proud.

When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.

Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.

For Croatians it means everything to play for the national team. Because of the past. A lot of people died in the war. It's like a duty for us to give everything.

There is nothing more beautiful than being able to represent my country.

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

The National Award is a matter of pride for me, and it has also increased my responsibilities towards the country.

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

I feel that it means a lot to the people of Iran that my film is represented at the Oscars, and it makes me happy to bring them that joy, that I'm representing them and that I'm able to give them that element of pleasure to be the envoy from Iran. It's a very pleasant thing.