Championship Quote by Jimmy White

Ronnie is a very clever winner. He will make sure that he does everything in his power to win the tournament. He is super-fit.

— Jimmy White

Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.

— Boris Spassky

Ding has a fantastic all-round game. His temperament is also at a very high level.

— Jimmy White

It's crazy, I never thought I would see Wayne Rooney in the Championship. I thought he could have gone to Asia and earned a…

— Darren Bent

Being a world champion is out of the ordinary.

— Cafu

Any time that a pro fights for his first world title, it's something that they've always dreamed of.

— Caleb Plant

I think we are entitled to dream about winning the world championship.

— Ralf Schumacher

If somebody ask me to do something for my country, I will. If there's a world championship, I go.

— Alexander Ovechkin

For Ozil's part, he certainly has the class to compete with Ronaldo.

— Marco Reus

How are you going to be world champion? You've got to work on the process.

— George Russell

The winner gives up his chance to be a good sport.

— Mason Cooley

You never know for sure whether a player will adapt to a new country until he gets there.

— Diego Forlan