World Champion Quotes

60 quotes by 52 authors

In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the World Champion 25… — Lavinia Milosovici
At the Olympics, there was a little bit of unfair judging, but I tried not to be disappointed and to do my best. I think… — Olena Vitrychenko
I wasn't born a world champion. I just worked really hard to become one. — Layne Beachley
The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of… — Jose Raul Capablanca
By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion — Garry Kasparov
You can't be one of the best freesurfers and a world champion. — Jordy Smith
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — Anatoly Karpov
We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors — Anatoly Karpov
Michael Schumacher deserved the driver's championship. To be honest, I didn't want to keep my record as the last Ferrari world champion; it's never done… — Jody Scheckter
I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me… — Roberto Duran
I ran like a champion. It is a great consolation to show how dominant I am. I am the Olympic champion and the world champion,… — Justin Gatlin
By no means because I am a World Champion will I ever stop learning and thatâ€™s the biggest thing thatâ€™s difficult for someone to see. — Elvis Stojko
When you have a World Champion in your smartphone, the myth of the superior brainpower of human chess champions has lost its power. — Hans Ree
The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I… — David Rudisha
Believing in myself and not to be afraid of taking any risks. I have to be better than the average person to succeed. Thatâ€™s why… — Lou Ferrigno
My most difficult opponent is myself. When I am playing I often involuntarily make a world champion out of a candidate master. — Lev Polugaevsky
Part of my preparation for the World Champion match against Kasparov was to be ready for his off-board tactics. I did not to react to… — Vladimir Kramnik
I thought I was playing the world champion, not some 27-eyed monster who sees everything in all positions. — Tony Miles
Carlsen came with a line that was not very theoretical, trying to challenge the World Champion to play chess. [...] But Anand proved that even… — Alejandro Ramirez
The loss of my childhood was the price for becoming the youngest world champion in history. When you have to fight every day from a… — Garry Kasparov

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