Champion Quotes
When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.
I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.
Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final.
When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back.
Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.
By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion
I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.
The lesson to learn is to pay attention for 90 minutes because in front of you are great champions.
My goal is to be the best fighter in the world, UFC Heavyweight Champion. There is no back-up plan.
But who would force the soul tilts with a straw Against a champion cased in adamant
Faith is the champion of Grace, and Love the nurse; but Humility is the beauty of Grace.
But the fact is that I wouldn't have won even a single Tour de France without the lesson of illness. What it teaches is this: pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to be always Wimbledon champion.
If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.
The real champions in life are so humble and gracious. They just continue doing what they do without all the posturing. If you've got the real thing, you don't have to flaunt a loud imitation.
Champions know that success is inevitable, that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it.
A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are always striving to be better. They don't live in the past.
If you have positive energy you will always attract positive outcomes.
Joe Frazier's life didn't start with Ali. I was a Golden Gloves champ. Gold medal in Tokyo '64. Heavyweight champion of the world long before I fought Ali in the Garden.
I remember mentioning to friends back in 1938 that the world chess champion would be beaten by a computer in 50 years time. Today we know computers are not far from this goal.
When you have a World Champion in your smartphone, the myth of the superior brainpower of human chess champions has lost its power.
You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.
If you want to be a champion you cannot have any kind of an outside negative force coming in to deflect you.
I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have an identify. I'm Althea Gibson, the tennis champion. I hope it makes me happy.
Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.
India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.
Sometimes, the sun sets earlier. Days don’t last forever, you know. But I’ll fight as hard as I can. I can promise you that.
It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best.
I started a business with two guys I played with, Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton: Champion Ventures, it's a fund of funds. We have $400 million or so under management.
