Dan Gable

Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them and win this decision to have wrestling - the world's oldest sport - remain a part of the most prestigious athletic competition in the world, the Olympics.

American Wrestler

Eniola Aluko

If, say, a striker knows that scoring 30 goals in a season will lead to them winning a prestigious award then they will try that little bit harder because, regardless of what players may say, individual recognition on the world stage is important.

English Athlete

Vivienne Ming

Passing on a full scholarship to MIT would be irrational for me, but to my father and his parents, what would have been the point of spending five years at one of the world's most prestigious universities if he just ended up back on the farm?

Cole Sprouse

We chose NYU because their arts program was great, and they're a prestigious institution, but really because you're in a city. You're involved in a completely different way of life. You didn't feel trapped within a campus or in a bubble.

American Actor

Jean-Michel Jarre

Some collaborators might join forces in certain cities or special concerts. I'm excited to share the stage with some prestigious people that I love and respect.

French Musician

Jeff Green

I overcame a big struggle and was able to play in the most prestigious league in the world - something that kids dream of - and play for a long time.

American Athlete

Michael Chiesa

I know deep down I'm destined to be a world champion and maybe it's to be attained in the most prestigious division in the UFC at welterweight.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Lady Colin Campbell

Honours can generate a lot of income for the nation because they are viewed as so prestigious internationally.

British Writer

Malcolm Gladwell

Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.

Canadian Author

Eoin Morgan

It's very rare that you get a chance to play in a Test and that's what makes it so special and prestigious.

Irish Athlete

Use 'prestigious' when something deserves deep respect due to its quality or achievements.

Respect and Admiration

'Prestigious' is not the same as 'popular'; it implies excellence recognized by experts or connoisseurs.

Not Just Popular

In various cultures, 'prestigious' can relate to different traits: age-old institutions, innovative companies, etc.

Cultural High Status

 to publish outside of these prestigious subscription-based journals. Universities build their tenure and promotion systems around the number of times scholars publish. So, books and journal articles are kind of like a form of currency for scholars. Publishing articles helps you get tenure and more research grants down the road.

Academic research is...

 where he most likely would not have survived. And in fact, when the war ended and he was released, most of his friends and family were dead. He got involved in different pursuits. He helped out the war orphans. But he had a long-lasting interest in the science of prejudice, and so when a prestigious British scholarship

Paul Bloom: Can...

 course of my life so I'm going to tell you all about that but first I want to share just a few of these stories ok um high school junior in Kansas who was desperately trying to twist herself into a pretzel trying to be a leader but she was kicked off her high school's prestigious leadership squad because she

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 They were all awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Among the top prestigious awards in the world, this prize has honored some of the most celebrated and revered international figures and organizations in history. To understand how it all got started, we have to go back to the 1800s. Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel

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 So within two years, we generated more in annual operating profit than we paid for all of the assets of the company. And our digital strategy, which never forgot to center the real friendships in the stores, it landed us on the stages of the most prestigious business conferences in the world

James Rhee: The value of...

 and why does it matter? How does life change when you choose to be unapologetically yourself? I've had to face struggles and triumphs whilst living my life as art. I've been put on private jets and flown around the world. My work's been displayed in prestigious museums,

My life as a work of art...

 and your ability to see stress as a challenge instead of as a threat. I talked to a New England boarding school, probably the most prestigious one, and they said, "We already know that. So every year, instead of just teaching our students, we have a wellness week.

The happy secret to...

 is happening to workers in all kinds of industries, no matter how seemingly prestigious or high-paid their jobs are. Doctors are learning that machine learning algorithms can now diagnose certain types of cancers more accurately than they can.

The value of your...

 looks of disgust -- afraid to be near me. I remember my first big talk after transition. It was in Italy. I'd given prestigious talks before, but this one, I was terrified. I looked out into the audience,

The biology of gender,...

 how prestigious the maize School of Business is and I was like yeah and she told me that I was the first person to ever transfer from the business school to the wildlife school and one day I