A Quote by Kyrie Irving

The only thing I command is respect.

Kyrie Irving

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Kyrie Irving
American - Athlete
Born: March 23, 1992

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

Bob Nelson

In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

It has to come out of the chain of command, because the chain of command has really become impotent. The chain of command is vested in protecting itself, and so often, the perpetrator of the assault is in the chain of command.

Paula Coughlin

A gay person in office can set a tone, can command respect not only from the larger community but from the young people in our own community who need both examples and hope.

Harvey Milk

Stand in your own truth and you will command respect.

Tairrie B

The thing I always demand is respect. I respect everybody and have a history in the sport, and I believe people need to respect me.

Anderson Silva

At some point, the law has to command respect, and there is a lawful way to change it.

Amul Thapar

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. A thing which is not thoroughly easy to do, when we reflect that by command of the law a criminal juror must be an intellectual vacuum, attached to a melting heart and perfectly macaronian bowels of compassion.

Mark Twain

We all have ambitions, but only the few achieve. A man thinks of a good thing and says: 'Now if I only had the money I'd put that through.' The word 'if' was a dent in his courage. With character fully established, his plan well thought out, he had only to go to those in command of capital and it would have been forthcoming.

Douglas Fairbanks

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Robert Dale Owen

Teachers still command great respect in the families and societies of many Asian cultures.

Andy Hargreaves

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Samuel Smiles

The hardest thing to do is be a point guard, learn how to be a point guard in the NBA as a young player because you gotta earn your respect first of all the old guys, all the old heads. You gotta command where to go, know the plays.