Best Quote by Iga Swiatek

This is what champions do: champions defend. They always say you're not a champion until you defend your title.

— Max Holloway

A lot of people think you're not the champion until you defend it one time.

— Stephen Thompson

I'm definitely happy that I get to experience being a defending champion. That's quite special.

— Sofia Kenin

I just want to be a great champion. I want to be a great, reigning and defending champion.

— Liv Morgan

As a competitor, you're always taught that you want win championships. You want to put yourself in the best place to do that.

— Marcus Smart

Before I was going into tournaments and just hoping I would win one match. But now I'll go into tournaments expecting to do well…

— Judd Trump

Winning the belt is one thing. But you're not really a champion until you defend it.

— Forrest Griffin

If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.

— Anatoly Karpov

Playing against better competition makes you better and more focused, so you can do what you have to, to win.

— Karch Kiraly

Ive been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament youve got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well…

— Steffi Graf

When you become a world champion and you defend your title for five or six years, and you have fifteen defences of your title,…

— Naseem Hamed

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning…

— Althea Gibson