They're just big in the eyes of the American public.
The cameras used to pass by me; now they're stopping for me.
Implementers aren't considered bozos anymore.
The Queen has stayed with me in the sense that she lets people come to her. She doesn't feel like she has to go out. I mean, she doesn't have to anyway because of her rank and her position, but she doesn't have to overdo it.
Wherever I go in the world, I'm treated like royalty.
Walking down the street, it's a humbling feeling. Everyone stopping you for photos and autographs, it's real humbling.
At one point in my life, I thought getting old was a bad thing. Then I realized that the prestige, the respect, and the honor that people hold you at for being able to do anything for 20 years is well worth it.
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
The man who brings victory is prized above all others.
On Mother's Day, I like to feel pampered. I like to feel celebrated. I like to feel honored. I like to feel glamorous.
People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.
You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
All over the world I'm known. Whenever I go out on the street people come up to me and say... 'Hi, Beave,' and that doesn't bother me at all. It's something that I embrace.
It's interesting to all of a sudden be considered valuable.
I am beloved by millions.
You are honored by your friends … distinguished by your enemies. I have been very distinguished.
I say nice things about Mariah all the time. I tell Mariah all the time how much of a fan I am of her. She's one of my favorite artists of all time... She's shaped a generation of singers.
Celebrity is something I've never been into, and never will be.
When I came to UFC, I was treated like a king.
Wherever I go, people behave like a very big superstar has entered, and I am never able to believe that they all are talking about me.
I want to be appreciated, to be loved, to feel wanted.
It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.
Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success. It is revered almost religiously, both the institution and its quickly growing member base.
It is fascinating. No matter where I go, people recognize me.
People love me everywhere I go.
