The most important thing is just to be recognised as a legend, like the people call me. To have that title attached to your name, you've got to be a bad man. It's an honour to have that role.
I've become a much better player, so I feel like my voice is heard and taken for what it's worth a little bit more.
Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well.
I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
What I learned is that how we present ourselves to the world is really how we get treated. So if you want to be treated really well in a restaurant, you really have to dress up. You cannot just show up.
I have always admired men and women who used their talents to serve the community, and who were highly respected and admired for their efforts and sacrifices, even though they held no office whatsoever in government or society.
I admire the Pope. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can tour without an album.
As long as I'm respected by my peers and coaches, I'm cool.
The way the Pak government treated me is only testimony to the ill treatment meted out to artistes. There was outrage against me. People were amazed that I had applied for citizenship in India. I don't give a damn about getting trolled. I have earned immense respect and love in India.
If you don't respect nothin' else, you will respect this hustle.
We owe these heroes a great deal - it is our solemn responsibility to ensure that all veterans receive the care and respect they have earned.
For all the flack that we get for becoming successful, you get people who really respect how firmly planted our feet have been in Vermont.
This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.
People respect you more if you just play and blow something out than if you take the easier road. That's how we think. You get more respect and people play harder for you. Just play till you blow it. Just play till it goes.
My students are noticed by the people I respect from the quality of their work.
I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.
Of course a lot of the players in that clubhouse have respect for me and talk to me about everything. So with my experience, I certainly try to help them, to make things easier for everyone.
It's a great feeling when someone like Bernard Hinault comes up to you on the podium to say 'Welcome to the club
Years place at last a venerable crown upon a head.
I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.
Being the son or daughter of a legendary film personality you get more respect.
I'm just going to be a sponge. I'm going to be a good teammate. I'm going to be a hard worker, earn my respect first.
It takes at least three years of quality and successful season play before a team can garner preseason respect.
I like getting older. I always looked younger than I was, and I found that people wouldn't give me the room to speak. The older I get, it's like, 'Oh, I'm still talking, and they're still listening.'
