"There is no greater honour for any coach than to lead his own country, " he added.
And yet, playing for his country is the ultimate honour for him as a player.
"It was an honour for me to be involved with him then, " said Gatland.
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Anne Milner earned the same honour for her work as a traffic warden in Cornwall.
The guard of honour for the event again included the band of the Royal Irish Regiment.
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"Just to be around all these people is a great honour for me, " Carragher continued.
He presented Ortiz's widow with a gold medal of honour for her slain husband.
In 1981 he addressed the Russian party congress, a rare honour for a foreigner.
It is a great honour for me to be amongst such an influential and informed audience today.
Raymond "Jerry" Roberts, 92, receives the honour for services to the WWII decryption centre and to codebreaking.
He added it was "an honour for Royal Mail to commemorate her work".
Also made MBE is Wyn Evans, who receives the honour for her work as a motorcycle racing welfare worker.
"Portsmouth are a fantastic club and it's a great honour for me to be manager, " Hart told the club website.
The reforms are designed to replace Labour's so-called Asbos which critics say have become a badge of honour for some offenders.
One gaming website voted him the joint 18th-most-influential person in computer games, quite an honour for someone who hardly played them.
Schofield, who in 2000 was made a Companion of Honour for services to drama, is considered one of the greatest actors of his generation.
"It has been a privilege and an honour for me to work for such a big club with so many great people, " said Arnesen.
"It has been a huge honour for me to represent Northern Ireland and I have enjoyed many special moments during my career, " said the 31-year-old.
"It's an honour for me to be here on behalf of this team of 12 great great men, " said Montgomerie when picking up the award.
"I'm happy with a personal best but I wanted to win - I don't believe in laps of honour for being second, " he told BBC Sport.
"To win both the Webby and the People's Choice awards again this year is a huge honour for us, " said BBC News Interactive Editor Steve Herrmann.
The festival's closing day will feature a talk from Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams who gained the honour for her international campaign to ban landmines.
"It is a singular honour for me to present the Festival Tribute Award, a Volta Award, to one of the true icons of world cinema, " he said.
Those who complete the route in the allotted time are officially admitted to the Three Peaks of Yorkshire Club, a coveted badge of honour for every self-respecting British walker.
He was also one of the winning team pursuit cyclists at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne and has been given his honour for services to cycling.
The refusal to compromise, rapidly becoming a point of honour for both parties, is wreaking damage elsewhere, partially shutting down the Federal Aviation Administration (see article) and postponing trade bills.
Outside St Paul's Cathedral there will be a guard of honour for the arrival of the coffin made up of members of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and the Welsh Guards Band.
His appointment to Berlin is also an honour for Rattle - but at the same time a sign that the venerable orchestra is ready for fresh thinking and new approaches from the adventurous conductor.
Agassi, who took the honour for the first time in his career, is the tenth players in the history of the rankings to earn the year-end top spot, which Sampras has held for the past six.
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