Champion Quotes · Page 48

To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off - do not do that to a champion.

— Martina Navratilova

My goal in boxing was to be Southern Area champion, might have a shot at the British, might own my own terraced…

— Nigel Benn

Because I was a champion swimmer in Canada, they're always trying to get me in the water in movies! I've drawn the…

— Estella Warren

I started wrestling when I was 15 years old, and back when I was world champion, I was wrestling 7 nights a week.

— Harley Race

I was champion in Dream at middleweight, I'm champion in Strikeforce at light heavyweight, and my final goal is to be heavyweight…

— Gegard Mousasi

The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that…

— Bobby Fischer

At the end of the day, I could go back to getting sixth or seventh place and being a mediocre skater, or…

— Max Aaron

I want to be a champion and I want to be No. 1 in the world again because I know the taste…

— Andrei Arlovski

When they [court announcers] say, 'This is the world No. 2,' it just doesn't sound right to me because either I'm No.…

— Roger Federer

Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and the downtrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like…

— Kris Kristofferson

I do think about the Ryder Cup and what will happen. What if I'm a major champion and a top 10 in…

— Paul Casey

You get these young kids who are training their whole life to go to the Olympics. To go there and not fight…

— David Haye

You have to decide: Do you wanna be known as a tough, exciting fighter that goes out there and puts on great…

— Dan Hooker

Mesut is a player that has been through a lot in his career through loads of ups and downs, but most of…

— Hector Bellerin

I want to do something that has never been done, and that's become the first two-time NXT Champion. In a sense, that's…

— Sami Zayn

I want wins and losses to matter. That is the point of wrestling, everyone is striving to be a champion and your…

— Tony Khan

I'm a five-time world champion in two different weight classes. Man, it's amazing.

— Andre Ward

This is something nobody can take away from me. I'm a world champion. That's a crazy feeling.

— Christian Coleman

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

— Jose Mourinho

What is a champion but a guy that didn't quit?... Life is a continuous experience. You only fail by not learning.

— Renzo Gracie

MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.

— Nelson Mandela

By 2012 I'm going to be a world champion or knocking on the door for a world title.

— James DeGale

I will do whatever the UFC tells me to do, but there's not a doubt in my mind that I can be…

— Eddie Alvarez

But when it comes down to it, I'm a guy who feels like I should be a champion in NXT.

— Adam Cole

I've been world champion and number one at the same time, which is a brilliant feeling.

— Neil Robertson

I feel that's what a real champion needs to be doing, dare to take on the best fights possible.

— Mikey Garcia

I wanted "Champion" to accompany that whole growth situation, 'cause I feel like, if you go overtime, you will become a champion.

— Ace Hood

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

— Major Taylor

CHAMPIONS are not made in the gyms. CHAMPIONS are made from something that they have deep inside them - A DREAM, A…

— Babloo

My goal is to be the best champion possible and to do that I have to go against the best.

— Kofi Kingston

It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what…

— Johnny Miller

Honestly, I've always loved having tag teams since I was little, so I've always kind of been focused on wanting to be…

— Xavier Woods

There's no one in the division that can beat me; not even the champion can beat me.

— Colby Covington

When you're watching people in non-title fights making four times the amount of money that a champion makes, it takes away the…

— Tyron Woodley

I'm happy that Holloway is the champion. An example, someone who deserved being where he is.

— Jose Aldo

Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.

— Teddy Atlas

It's an enormous pleasure for me and all footballers to play with a great champion like Cristiano Ronaldo.

— Joao Cancelo

It's in my dreams, being champion and staying champion and being one of the major champions in the sport.

— Keith Thurman

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

— Joe Calzaghe

The world is starving for new ideas and great leaders who will champion those ideas.

— Lisa Su