Sometimes English football takes pride in having the lowest yellow-card count in Europe, but of course it will have if you can take someone’s leg off and still not be booked. – Luis Suarez
I can do more than anyone suspects. I pride myself on my versatility. It took 32 years of difficult parts, second leads, villains and juveniles. The Oscar changed the quality of the roles I was being offered. – Louis Gossett, Jr.
The Nation of Islam’s main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep trying to force ourselves into white restaurants and schools when white people didn’t want us? Why not clean up our own neighborhoods and schools instead of trying to move out of them and into white people’s neighborhoods? – Muhammad Ali
Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States. – Michelle Obama
I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have the power and pride to benefit from what is rightfully ours. Why isn’t there an enormous building in Washington called the ‘National Association of Lesbian and Gay Concerns’ to lobby for us? – Larry Kramer
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I – I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting. – Michael Jackson
I pride myself in figuring out how to elevate a dish with a little preserved lemon or, then, a sprinkle of Maldon salt. – Meghan Markle
Jim Crow was king… and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive. – Lou Brock
I want people to take pride in Spanish Harlem. These are people that everyone in the community could relate to… people who mean something special to us. – James De La Vega
Now the master paid a number of visits to England and, as a Cambridge man, it is a source of pride that he taught there for a longer period than elsewhere in my country. – John G. D. Clark
I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They’ve got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I’ve got to be conscious of that. – Mr. T
I’m pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games. – Johann Lamont
I’m a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. – Michael Jackson
I can take a lot of pride that I can launch cookbooks and there’s an audience out there that supports that. – Marcus Samuelsson
I’ve always been proud of the fact that I can hold it together and I rarely break. It’s a point of pride for me. – Justin Long
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody. – Loretta Lynn
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. – Margaret Thatcher
I think Mr. Cosby has always been very much an activist and a big proponent of African-American pride. That’s how ‘The Cosby Show’ came about. I think in his older years, he has gotten a lot more direct and vocal about it. But I think he only wants the best for all of us. – Keshia Knight Pulliam
I collaborated with fellow cat lover and designer Geren Ford to create a sweater that we hope any cat parent would wear to show their kitty pride and that all animal lovers can wear in support of the ASPCA. – Kellie Pickler
I grew up reading ‘Sense and Sensibility’ and ‘Pride and Prejudice’ – girly kind of books. – Leighton Meester
We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We are shown photos of our great-grandparents and encouraged to marvel over facial similarities. We are told to take pride in our bloodlines, celebrate our ancestry. – Lynn Coady