313 Quotes About Award

I was shocked. I thought they were kidding. When you look at the competition and the type of people out there, I don't consider myself in that class. To be a finalist, I was surprised. To win the award is unbelievable.

Winning the award ... has opened up so much with scholarships and pointed me in the right direction.

My mother thinks I'm a national treasure. She's the only one who thinks my Golden Kela award is the greatest gift ever.

They're playing monsters. So we're very award of that.

The difference between this award and any other is that it's a reader's choice. People holler about other awards because they are committee-selected. This is not committee-selected. There are purists in literary circles who have a different sense of what is going on here, but we think anything you can do to get people reading is a good thing.

I used to really want to go on the stage and then the last couple of years I've done some presenting at some award shows. I was so nervous I thought I was going to be sick, so I don't think me on stage for any length of time would work too well.

I've never won an MVP award before. I'll remember this day for the rest of my life.

The only way that you can receive an award such as this is if your team excels. And I don't think there's any question about this team and what it accomplished this year.

It's a nice award and nice to get the individual recognition, but right now we're focused on trying to get a couple of wins this weekend.