Now, I didn’t have to say that ...if you ask me, it showed a lot

Now, I didn’t have to say that ...if you ask me, it showed a lot of humility on my part to say a thing like that when, after all, I have got a career of my own to consider...
A、...I said that at the cost of my own reputation...
B、...I wouldn’t have said that if I had thought for myself...
C、...only a modest person like me could say something like that...
D、...as a person with self-respect, I wouldn’t say that kind of thing...
【正确答案】：A