Break Quote by Stephen Hendry

I got my big break in the semi-final as a young kid against Real Madrid.

— Owen Hargreaves

I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over.

— Lindsey Vonn

My dream as a child was being a world champion.

— Charles Leclerc

I made a prediction when I was 11 that I would be world champion by the time I was 21, and I did it.

— Naseem Hamed

I wasn't a kid who won every tournament I was playing, and I think that helped me - it motivated me a lot to…

— Denis Shapovalov

I know people didn't think I'd become a world champion - even people probably in my own camp, my own team, didn't think I'd…

— Amir Khan

After 2012, I wanted to stop, but my father told me I had to play the World Cup. I tried to be good.

— Samir Nasri

I've always believed I was going to win a world title.

— Joseph Benavidez

Winning the world title was my goal as a kid, but being the pound-for-pound champion would be the ultimate.

— Ricky Hatton

As a kid everyone has dreams of winning their ultimate tournament and being number one in the world.

— Jack Sock

At first, I wanted to compete and win a world title because I knew I was supposed to win a world title. I felt…

— Anthony Johnson

When I was 30 I became world champion and that's when I started to make a living.

— Phil Taylor