Champion Quotes

The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses the two.

There are no half-hearted champions.

I'm a champion, so I turn tragedy to triumph.

It's always been a dream of mine, and a childhood fantasy, to play a great champion. I would much rather haven been an athlete than an actor. This is like some second place consolation prize.

Just because you lose doesn't mean you're a loser, and champions don't quit.

It's possible for the heavyweight champion of the world to be with one woman.

I seek to fight the best out there. I seek to fight the champions in every division I go up to.

I think every great champion has a bad night.

What makes a champion is not how elegantly you start, but how strongly you finish...!!

I can get a title shot any time I want to. They know I can beat 110% of the champions out there right now. I just have to be motivated. Most of them are going to be trying to not give me a shot.

It hurts me because of what he's doing to boxing. Because one of the most important world titles is at stake now. The champion has to defend it against the best.

I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.

Mileage makes champions

I'm the undisputed champion of keeping my mouth shut and just sitting there like a piece of furniture.

No matter what nationality or color is champion, we Irish like to say that we have a heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney retired, who can come back and take the title at any time.

Girls rival each other. Women revive each other. Girls empale each other. Women empower each other. Girls compare each other. Women champion each other.

A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

Now that I'm losing some, I can see how tough I was -- the killer instinct, the single-mindedness, playing like a machine. Boy, that's what made me a champion.

Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too close to call.

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

By no means because I am a World Champion will I ever stop learning and that’s the biggest thing that’s difficult for someone to see.

Everything happened very quickly in my career. It was a very great honor for me to break Jim Clarks record (as youngest champion).

The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph.

[T]he great champion of the opponents of liberty, namely communism, had to find some other place to go and they basically went into the environmental movement.

My personal story has always been about perseverance and always getting up when I fall. Maybe I'm not Olympic champion, but I can teach the world about that.

Champions of Liberty get called Fascists by Champions of Statism

[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.

There's a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play 'em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough.

Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.

We went out there as a team and believed we could win. I am an Olympic champion.

Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.

I'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to be the champ. I'm gonna be the champ the way I wanna be.

The eyes of a young girl can tell everything. And I always look in their eyes. There I can see if I will have a champion.

I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.

You obey Wade Barrett's orders and you disrespect every person who has ever been champion. Including yourself.

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.

I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions and baby basketball. It's better to have no comedy material than a horrific news day.

If Stone Cold was to become champion, as of now, that would be a public-relations corporate nightmare.

As a champion, I can't fight against weak fighters.

History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation.

It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion.

Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt.

Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become champions.

You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.

The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.

If obstacles are large, jump higher.

Share your aspirations only with those who will support you, not those who will respond with doubt or lack of interest.

Act like a champion, and then become one.

It is action that creates motivation.