Champion Quotes · Page 52

In Sao Paulo, I won everything. Milan, I won everything. Roma, I was league champion.

— Cafu

People ask if I had hope of becoming a champion. I had hope. Hope was the only thing I had. Hope pushed…

— Sergey Kovalev

I decided to be a smarter fighter. I already knew I was tough, so if I was smart and tough, I was…

— Cub Swanson

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are

— Muhammad Ali

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world…

— Shannon Briggs

The way I look at it is I had to retire as world champion with my last match at WrestleMania.

— Edge

I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20…

— Eric Sykes

To be able to say you're a state 100-yard dash champion from the state of Florida it just doesn't get a whole…

— Cris Collinsworth

I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his answer for several years. "My boy," he said, "you…

— Kurt Vonnegut

This is the city of the underdog champion, so they want to see the next person out of their city blowing up…

— Mike Will Made It

I think that every single fight you have is to prove yourself. Even if you're the world champion, the UFC champion of…

— Sage Northcutt

That's right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh," Nick said arrogantly. "You might know karate, boy, but I know gorilla, and I'm a level 40 champion…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I'm just the undisputed champion - I am great as I think I am and I've been able to prove it by…

— Claressa Shields

From the moment of my birth on 23 July 1976, I became involved f in an educational research project. Even before I…

— Judit Polgar

I didn't expect one day I become world champion in the United States. I'm very proud to be together with boxing legends.…

— Vitali Klitschko

We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started that rumor. I noticed if I did weights…

— George Foreman

I am thankful for this title of champion emeritus and proud I never lost my title.

— Vitali Klitschko

When you are the champion, you are there to be shot at. It doesn't bother me what people say.

— Kell Brook

If I want to win a title I have to beat the champion myself, I don't have teammates inside the ring.

— Travis Browne

Classic English liberalism of the sort that 'The Economist' was founded to champion and still espouses is about open societies and free…

— Zanny Minton Beddoes

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

— Michael Jordan

Mbappe can play down the middle but he is the world champion from being out wide.

— Marcel Desailly

“Those who push themselves, and are willing to face pain, exhaustion, humiliation, rejection, or worse, are the ones who become champions.”

— Anonymous

We've got goals we're trying to reach, and "Overtime" is the only way to do it, and "Champion" is the only thing…

— Ace Hood

I don't think I'll ever be out of wrestling, because I was that kid at 8 years old that dreamed of being…

— Diamond Dallas Page

That's the difference between the champion and the No. 1, No. 2 contender - the ability to make decisions.

— Gilbert Burns

I'm a four-time world champion, so I don't want to hear anything about my losses.

— Adrien Broner

Sheryl Sandberg was a mentor and a champion for me, and she saw something in me that I didn't see in myself.

— Stacy Brown-Philpot

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

— Gene Mauch

If you're going to be champions you've got to deal with the challenges that come along in many different ways.

— Graeme Souness

I was born a fighter, I'll be a fighter, and I'm a champion and I know I'm a champion already.

— Yair Rodriguez

Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.

— Lester Sumrall

I train the same way as I've always trained, even before I was champion. That's the difference, I train like a challenger.

— Joe Calzaghe

Long-term, I want to capture the WWE championship. I want to be a grand slam champion.

— Cedric Alexander

My money thing, I never wanted to have my motivation to be money, that's not why I got into this sport, I…

— Cody Garbrandt

I want people to follow me on my journey as I tread through these uncharted waters as champion.

— Julianna Pena

My head has played a big part and that's what makes any great champion in any sport or just in life.

— Caleb Plant

Check the records; there has never been an undisciplined person who was a champion. Regardless of the field of endeavor, you'll find…

— Zig Ziglar

My objective since I started my career was: become the champion, remain the champion, retire the champion.

— Jose Aldo

By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion

— Garry Kasparov