Champion Quotes · Page 45

I made a prediction when I was 11 that I would be world champion by the time I was 21, and I did it.

— Naseem Hamed

I don't feel surprised, I really don't feel surprised that I am undisputed champion.

— Josh Taylor

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

— Lisa Su

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

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

— Joao Cancelo

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

To be in the UFC would mean to go back to where I already won the belt, to go back to where…

— Josh Barnett

First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato…

— Paul Michael Glaser

There was a question in my mind, because I am black, if the fans would accept a black world champion. 'Bash at…

— Booker T

On a week night I'll be with the family. I've got a six-year-old brother, Solomon, he's gonna be a boxer for sure,…

— Daniel Dubois

Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history.…

— Jose Aldo

I said to myself, 'the champion of the whole world can whoop every man in Russia, every man in America, every man…

— Muhammad Ali

I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once.…

— Jose Mourinho

I think the best thing I've written is a story called 'The Boxer and the Blonde.' It's a piece about Billy Conn,…

— Frank Deford

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

— Teddy Atlas

I've always been a fan at home. That's the one joke I have with Sam [Champion]. "I've always loved you! I remember…

— Chris Cuomo

I am a dreamer. And what I dream of is to become Olympic champion, world champion, world record holder.

— Caster Semenya

There is an awful lot you can accomplish by being a vocal champion for a certain cause.

— James Cleverly

We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

People gotta realize as a fighter you want to become a champion because you get paid way more money. So the belt…

— Chris Weidman

The mission I set out on in the beginning - to become heavyweight champion of the world, undisputed, lineal champion - you…

— Lennox Lewis

Growing up, at high school, we all used to wear Champion garments, which, in America, are standard-issue gym uniforms.

— Virgil Abloh

Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they…

— Major Taylor

The next thing you're going to tell me is Daniel Bryan is the United States Champion.

— Vince McMahon

I make Hulk Hogan to be Hulkamania. Because I was a champion before him, I lost my belt to him.

— The Iron Sheik

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

— Michael Phelps

When I was ten, I won the horseshoe-throwing contest at summer camp. I was also the Wiffle ball champion in my town.

— Dwayne Johnson

It's my job to show up, make weight, and prepare to be a world champion if that opportunity presents itself.

— Kamaru Usman

Trump bankrupted six companies but succeeded on the biggest of stages. He is the champion of failures.

— Timothy D. Snyder

“What makes you a champ isn’t found at the starting line or the finish line, but somewhere in between. You’ve got this.…

— Toni Sorenson

Every time we do a new record, we do the best we can. For us, every record is stepping into the ring…

— David Bryan

Every choice, every decision, everything we do everyday, we want to be a champion

— Nick Saban

The reason Tommaso Ciampa is NXT champion is because of me. I admitted that, and it's my mistake to fix.

— Johnny Gargano

I know my mission is not just to be a champion, I mean, being champion would be great and I want to…

— Demian Maia

Faith is the champion of Grace, and Love the nurse; but Humility is the beauty of Grace.

— Thomas Brooks

Trout is no journeyman. He's a former world champion, someone who has a name and he comes to fight.

— Jermell Charlo

Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.

— John Wooden

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

— Emerson Fittipaldi