To TEST a modest man's MODESTY do not investigate if he ignores applause, FIND out if he abides criticism.

I SAY the Islanders were the best team I EVER covered because they had more so MANY stars who delivered with Canadian-Swedish-suburban modesty. And they won FOUR straight Stanley Cups from 1980 through 1983.

I will SAY I was a lot bigger as SUPERMAN. A lot bigger. I'm not SAYING how much. It's modesty about the weight - I've always been worried about my weight - but I also don't want to invite that debate: 'Henry weighs this, so he's the perfect Superman.' Or, 'Henry doesn't weigh this, and THEREFORE he's not BELIEVABLE in the role.'

His MODESTY amounts to deformity.

I have no CONCEPT of MODESTY ANYMORE.

If MODESTY disappeared, so WOULD exhibitionism.

Me and MODESTY don't MIX.

So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will JUDGE them and SAY, 'The STATE of yer MAN, he thinks he's great,' or whatever.

I'll TELL you something about Glenn McGrath - he was a MUCH better bowler than me. This is not FALSE modesty.

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am SUPPOSED to be a famous PERSON it doesn't MEAN ANYTHING to me. I just sit at home and work.

Bling is over. RED CARPET covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'

I'm a RELIGIOUS WOMAN. And I FEEL I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm EVEN afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from INSIDE out.

Atticus Finch is, you know, he was just his whole - the business of his modesty and his ability to see tomorrow and to try to buttress his knowledge of what was coming for his KIDS was SOMETHING that I'll NEVER - as a father I'm not able to do.