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> [The success I had at UConn - you couldn't write it much better. Only losing five games, winning four national championships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/breanna-stewart/the-success-i-had-at-uconn-you-couldn-t-write-it-much-better-only/)

[Breanna Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/breanna-stewart/)

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> [Everything about my life is about winning a national championship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-dake/everything-about-my-life-is-about-winning-a-national-championship/)

[Kyle Dake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-dake/)

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> [Sure, the Super Bowl is the greatest prize in our sport. But winning a national championship. That's pretty darn great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harbaugh/sure-the-super-bowl-is-the-greatest-prize-in-our-sport-but-winning-a/)

[Jim Harbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harbaugh/)

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> [I don't really have to worry about any awards. I think winning the national championship says a lot more than those.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-lawrence/i-don-t-really-have-to-worry-about-any-awards-i-think-winning-the/)

[Trevor Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-lawrence/)

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> [“Clubs are all about winning. National teams, however, have an additional function: to incarnate the nation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-kuper/clubs-are-all-about-winning-national-teams-however-have-an-additional/)

[Simon Kuper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-kuper/)

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> [Not many people do what Jameis Winston did: first year as a starter winning a national championship, only one loss in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gruden/not-many-people-do-what-jameis-winston-did-first-year-as-a-starter/)

[Jon Gruden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gruden/)

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> [When I talk about a successful program, define that. It's not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/when-i-talk-about-a-successful-program-define-that-it-s-not-just/)

[Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/)

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> [During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-knight/during-my-40-year-coaching-career-at-west-point-indiana-and-texas/)

[Bobby Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-knight/)

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> [There's no greater feeling, I would imagine, than winning a national championship in that one year and then hopefully going to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jayson-tatum/there-s-no-greater-feeling-i-would-imagine-than-winning-a-national/)

[Jayson Tatum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jayson-tatum/)

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> [Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geeta-phogat/seeing-my-name-in-the-newspapers-after-winning-the-national-junior/)

[Geeta Phogat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geeta-phogat/)

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> [Being at NDSU and winning national championships, everyone's gunning for you. You got a big target on your back, and we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carson-wentz/being-at-ndsu-and-winning-national-championships-everyone-s-gunning/)

[Carson Wentz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carson-wentz/)

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