Champion Quotes

When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.

I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.

I never thought I'd go so far. I never thought I'd be a champion. It's a dream come true.

Most champions get satisfied and lazy or are content with themselves.

I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'

I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.

Growing up, I had a singing teacher who was an amazing champion of mine who helped build up my confidence, and I also count my therapist as one of the best teachers that I've ever had.

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

When the BCS started, a decision was made collectively, as coaches, that the BCS champion would receive our championship and our trophy. It's as simple as that.

While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.

I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll.

I'm running for president because everyday Americans and their families need a champion, and I want to be that champion. I want to make the words middle class mean something again.

What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used, a guarantee of results.

For all the women - especially the young women, who put your faith in me - I want you to know that nothing has made me prouder than to be your champion.

If you're going to play a champion athlete, people expect you to look a certain way, and you also have to have the stamina to be able to continue to perform.

Zinedine Zidane could be a champion sumo wrestler. He can run like a crab or a gazelle.

Mark [Duplass] is the same person that I met on day one. He's a very smart, savvy, creative guy. If you ever want a champion on your side, it's Mark.

I could really care less about the TV and the fame, it's all about that lifetime achievement of becoming a world champion.

I don't need a belt to make me. I make the belt. I feel great and that's all that matters. I'm still heavyweight champion of the world.

I'm world champion, baby!

Ofili is still a champion. It would be a huge mistake to think otherwise.

The ground is no place for a champion. The ground is no place that I will wallow on.

There are certainly great cities in America that don't have ATP and WTA events. Our fans are very provincial. They want American champions.

There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that most champions are born into certain environments and encouraged early. Then, later on, they might get some assistance from their federations.

I've always been motivated to be a champion since the age of 13 and I love being a winner.

I've defended my title for eight years, let's see if Ricky (Hatton) is still champion in four years.

It's not my place to say how good I was because the thing is, every champion from every era is a great fighter and it's up to one person's interpretation to who is actually the best.

Champions are brilliant at the basics.

When you see a successful individual, a champion, you can be very sure that you are looking at an individual who pays great attention to the perfection of minor details.

My aim is to motivate a human being, to find the champion within

In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.

Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read.

My boxing inspiration is to one day become world champion, to go as far as I can go and see where it takes me.

I always try to be a champion of social change and anything that brings awareness to a really dire situation.

Once the Champions Tour got in me and got a hold of me, I found out how great this Tour is and how much I enjoy it.

I think country music is a champion of women. That stuff coming out of Nashville now wants to see a woman looking good in the kitchen whipping up some biscuits.

I've been trained by a two-time world champion kickboxer, who's local to where I come from, and who is really just there to keep me fit and healthy while I'm shooting.

Don King was good to me through my years as champion, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's a wheeler dealer and you've got to be careful. He's a great con artist.

You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game.

I still am champion in my own right.

This is one of the toughest divisions and I’m going to be champion.

I'll be peeing like a champion in no time

I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.

I wanted to be a world champion.

I can be a champion and a public servant also.

The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat. They need to be much more transparent about what they're doing, or otherwise people will believe the worst.

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

Nobody gets tired of being the champions. We are still trying to go after the title again.

The main thing to know about me is that I'm a champion of entrepreneurs and the startups they build. They are my rock stars. If in doubt, I side with them, and that's clear from my writing.