Awards Quotes · Page 20

I did not know about awards. I just wanted to break the world record and the Olympic record.

— Milkha Singh

Any chick that I handle, I teach ‘em patience. How not to win the award but be glad for your nomination.

— Wiz Khalifa

I don't coach to win awards, I really don't. I'm very, very satisfied with just being there for my players.

— Dawn Staley

The She Rocks Awards does so much for women in music, and I'm excited to be a part of it.

— Orianthi

If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn't make the movie any better, just as…

— Quentin Tarantino

Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.

— Stephen Curry

That's the thing about awards - it's for the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes. An award is…

— Sia

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.

— Javier Bardem

I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back…

— Hailee Steinfeld

I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been…

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

This is a tremendous honor (winning the 2002 Roberto Clemente Award), to be considered in the same class as Roberto Clemente. He…

— Jim Thome

As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James,…

— Ernest Hemingway

My main goal is that I don't want to be bad. The accolades and awards are fun, but I'd rather not stink…

— Corey Seager

The industry has a standard way of judging actors: they do ten films, they get X price, and they get this number…

— Ram Gopal Varma

“New Rule: There's only one thing to say about the Christian Film and Television Commission giving me the Bigoted Bile Award and…

— Bill Maher

I've always felt, and I think I'm qualified to say so because I've won a few awards, that it's a terrible shame…

— John Hurt

MTV Awards are fun - it's MTV! You never know what's going to happen. It's a slice of pop culture in the…

— Megan Alexander

Who doesn’t want a Cy Young Award? What kid didn’t grow up wanting to be the best? I’m no different. I want…

— R.A. Dickey

I know the Academy Awards are all about the art, and love, of movie making. But I have to say, my favorite…

— Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

[Didier] Drogba sent me a text message after I won the African Player of the Year award. It made me very happy.

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting whacked.

— Alec Baldwin

Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity…

— John Thorn

I don't like awards ceremonies. I'd sooner go to the pub with mates I've known for years.

— Paul O'Grady

'Entourage' is a very, very, very unique acting experience. I could go in to win 1000 Academy Awards, and it would never…

— Kevin Connolly

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

— Jeff Bridges

I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award but now I feel sad and cross.

— Emma Thompson

I went to a really small school, and it had a really small theater department. They didn't talk about Broadway. I learned…

— Annie Wersching

The fact that there are awards and exhibitions and some people know who I am is just all gravy. I'm lucky to…

— Rick Heinrichs

At the upcoming Grammy Awards, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will perform together as the first time, as man and wife. Hopefully…

— Tina Fey

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

— John Lithgow

On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary."

— Yogi Berra

Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.

— Mia Hamm

We want to make something that moves us when we hear it. Because after all the hype and awards and whatever, that's…

— Chris Martin

I don't make records to win awards. I make records to make records and hopefully make the records as good as they…

— Chris Stapleton

It's not awards per se that bother me; it's entirely to do with the impetus they give for marketing a film.

— John Hillcoat

I have acted in 20 films in various languages and won 13 awards for my acting skills.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.

— Cat Deeley

Dan really came into his own pitching last year (during Legion play). He received the sportsmanship award during the regional tournament.

— Wade Clark Mackey

Been sitting at home all weekend writing for MTV Movie Awards - unfortunately MTV won't let me do my strip routine ala…

— Rebel Wilson

If we win trophies, we have the chance to win individual awards because it comes with the team targets.

— Fernando Torres