Reports of Pope Francis's asceticism and altruism reinforced that respect and reputation.
Perhaps not, because the United States Supreme Court enjoys a respect and reputation, even among its severe critics, for seriousness of purpose.
The new enemies that emerged in the 11th century, unlike the Arabs or the Bulgars, had no cause to respect that reputation.
In a nation full of unsung heroes, the idea that respect and reputation can be achieved as a record-holder has proved seductive; record-breaking has become a national obsession.
The judiciary also imported European civil law concepts of private zone of interaction, personal autonomy, equating honour, identity, dignity and respect with reputation through the power line of the 1998 human rights act and European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) case law.
Prowling the room he spoke quietly and calmly before a rapt audience, never once raising his voice as he stressed the importance of "respect" and "reputation", while extolling the benefits of leaving "a legacy in this last game, in this jersey for the players to pick up in four years time".
"In New York, if you go into an Italian-American neighbourhood, the code of the streets is respect and reputation," he says, "When I sang a song like I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry it wouldn't threaten my friends, but if I ever verbalised what I was singing to them, told them that I felt lonely and confused - you'd get punched in the face.
"Going to Holland was difficult, but speaking to other ex-England managers you have to leave the country to get respect and reputation back.
He is undoubtedly, however, one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, having had an enormous impact on a range of areas from aesthetics to jurisprudence, and having acquired a respect and reputation in Germany, and elsewhere in Europe, that went far beyond the usual confines of academia.
Having delivered decades of fair and interesting interviews, Costas has the Rolodex, respect and reputation to serve as a stealth weapon of mass destruction against any competitive booking team.
