"I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be."

George Steinbrenner, American Businessman

Fame, Want

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"People keep telling me that I'm a legend in Merthyr and a legend in many other places. Here's my understanding on that, what's a legend? I don't really know what a legend is, I don't even know the word. I'm not a King Arthur reincarnate either. I might be one of the Round Table, but I'm not King Arthur."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Fame, Legend, Meaning, Identity

"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Fame, Writer

"And it's great to have all these readers and fans who, for the most part, are very nice people, saying they love the books and the TV show. But there are so many of them and it just doesn't end. Oh, and 'selfies'! If I could clap my hands and burn out every camera phone in the world, I swear I'd do it!"

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Fame, Fans, Social, Media

"If you see my fifteen minutes of fame let me know I've been searching for it for years."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Fame, Time, Recognition, Hope

"Don't rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Fame, Shame, Success, Humility

"Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid."

Jeffrey Fry, American Author

Fame, Excess, Money, Alcohol

"I awoke one morning and found myself famous."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Fame, Recognition, Achievement, Success

"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Fame, Transience, Ephemeral, Memory

"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Fame, Fire, May, Will

"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Fame, Misunderstanding, Reputation, Name

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"I don't think that anybody should be suspended for life for anything, other than murder. How is it helping someone to say, 'You're done forever, your life's over'?"

Life

"But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?"

Nation

"People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it."

Life

"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next."

Life

"I haven't always made the right decisions."

Decision-Making

"Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance."

People

"As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased."

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"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."

"If you see my fifteen minutes of fame let me know I've been searching for it for years."

"Don't rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame."

"Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid."

"I awoke one morning and found myself famous."

"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."

"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."

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"I will never have a heart attack. I give them."

"Let's not talk punishment."

"I think about the next season right away."

"I don't think that anybody should be suspended for life for anything, other than murder. How is it helping someone to say, 'You're done forever, your life's over'?"

"But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?"

"People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it."

"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next."

"I haven't always made the right decisions."

"Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance."

"As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased."