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title: "10 Champion Champion Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Champion Champion quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Champion Champion sayings and thoughts."
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> [Once a champion, always a champion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-marcos/once-a-champion-always-a-champion/)

[Ferdinand Marcos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-marcos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/ferdinand-marcos-10352_always_once-a-champion-always-a-champion-360373_360373.jpg)

> [You're either a champion or you're not a champion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deandre-hopkins/you-re-either-a-champion-or-you-re-not-a-champion/)

[DeAndre Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deandre-hopkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/deandre-hopkins-6704_champion_you-re-either-a-champion-or-you-re-not-a_378693.jpg)

> [Daniel Cormier has been a model champion. He will be a champion for the rest of his life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-jones/daniel-cormier-has-been-a-model-champion-he-will-be-a-champion-for/)

[Jon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/jon-jones-1595_champion_daniel-cormier-has-been-a-model-champion_476299.jpg)

> [You have a lot to learn before becoming a champion. Once you are champion, you must accept the consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-martinez/you-have-a-lot-to-learn-before-becoming-a-champion-once-you-are/)

[Sergio Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-martinez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/sergio-martinez-21648_accepting_you-have-a-lot-to-learn-before-becoming_1651193.png)

> [You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-dempsey/you-know-what-a-champion-is-a-champion-is-someone-who-s-ready-when/)

[Jack Dempsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-dempsey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/jack-dempsey-24869_champion_you-know-what-a-champion-is-a-champion-i_2036346.png)

> [Every day Americans and their families need a champion, a champion who will fight for them every single day. And I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/every-day-americans-and-their-families-need-a-champion-a-champion-who/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/hillary-clinton-51_champion_every-day-americans-and-their-families-n_1246267.jpg)

> [There's different kind of champions. There's the champion that becomes champion and they're not champion for long. And then you have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-thurman/there-s-different-kind-of-champions-there-s-the-champion-that-becomes/)

[Keith Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-thurman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/keith-thurman-3993_becomes_there-s-different-kind-of-champions-ther_3039419.jpg)

> [Whether you vote for me or you don't vote for me, I really want to be your greatest champion. And I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-goodman/whether-you-vote-for-me-or-you-don-t-vote-for-me-i-really-want-to-be/)

[Amy Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-goodman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/amy-goodman-19343_champion_whether-you-vote-for-me-or-you-don-t-vot_177932.jpg)

> [He was a champion, and if he can be a champion, then what's stopping me from going for the championship as well?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zelina-vega/he-was-a-champion-and-if-he-can-be-a-champion-then-what-s-stopping-me/)

[Zelina Vega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zelina-vega/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/zelina-vega-20577_champion_he-was-a-champion-and-if-he-can-be-a-cha_3185385.jpg)

> [I'm not saying Gustafsson isn't a champion. He's not the champion that I am. He's not a champion at all. I've won…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-jones/i-m-not-saying-gustafsson-isn-t-a-champion-he-s-not-the-champion-that/)

[Jon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/jon-jones-1595_champion_i-m-not-saying-gustafsson-isn-t-a-champi_3194970.jpg)

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