The pin was a symbolic gesture, another step toward being given real authority to protect the sea, but the praise seemed to make him uncomfortable.
He is also humble, quick to deflect praise to the volunteers who have helped him through the years.
Ever since Hagelin joined the Rangers, head coach John Tortorella has been careful to temper his praise of him.
Most of the recent demonstrations have been by Palestinians coming to praise Mr Arafat rather than bury him.
The Greek chorus has a privileged relationship with the protagonists: its leader often stops in mid-commentary to talk to the hero and praise or upbraid him for his intended actions.
In a blog post this morning, Google CEO Larry Page took pains to praise Rubin and emphasize that he expects him to move on to another key but unspecified project within Google.
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This has won him high praise from the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru who are anxious to keep him in his job, despite his Labour critics.
Far from a leper, to observe him throughout the weekend was to see Crane regularly approached by attendees with high praise.
The same talking heads that not long ago were falling all over themselves to praise Tim Cook have en masse turned against him in the blink of an eye.
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But The Office, which he writes and directs with Merchant, really brought him to the attention of the public and the critics, who could not heap enough praise on him.
Four years later, as England tried to defend their trophy in Mexico, Moore led his team's resistance against Brazil in the group stages -- playing so well that the legendary Pele, whose team went on to win the trophy that year, singled him out for praise.
Combs recently won praise for his role in Russell Brand comedy Get Him To The Greek.
His return to work in spite of his disfigurement and his illness won him praise for his bravery.
But for the most part, in the party and in the Commons, many people have stopped listening to him, and those who do are increasingly inclined to praise the manner of what he says and ignore the matter.
Mr Hague has won the much-needed praise of Lady Thatcher, but she would still prefer him to rule Britain out of the euro forever.
As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo toured the state this year to promote his budget plan, local officials greeted him with a chorus of praise on each stop that sounded almost identical.
My point here is to praise Tyler Cowen for recognizing that economists have bias, and to note that fellow economists have cheered him for doing so.
Understandably, Farrell has been at pains to reduce the weight of expectation heaped on his broad shoulders, while much of the praise lavished on him has come with caveats that we should not expect too much, too soon.
He spent his first 15 months as mayor trying to haul the city out of a huge financial deficit, winning praise from people who a decade before had ridiculed him.
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