Championship Quotes
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The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.
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I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.
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Most of the players have grown to like the course more and more. I think it helps that we don't change locations. The Players has grown in popularity because it stays in Jacksonville. The fact the Players Championship doesn't move around has helped people accept the golf course. If you want to be a good player, you'd better learn to like it.
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When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away.
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It's still fresh in my mind. It wasn't that long ago that we were playing for a championship in 2000. It was an exciting event, an exciting time. For us to play on a stage like that, it was definitely a dream come true. It felt like we belonged there.
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No quarterback ever won a championship that did it all by himself.
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I have high expectations for myself. I'm not out there playing the game just to be playing it. I want to win a championship.
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My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.
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Well, it speaks to the character of the players more than anything. Bob Myers and his staff have done an incredible job of putting together this roster. I was well aware of the versatility that the roster had, but as I got to know the players I realized they had what it took spiritually, emotionally. They were united. They wanted to win. They were close.
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Every year we have said that our goal is just to get there (to the championship). We've accomplished what we wanted to do and there's nothing that would make us all happier than seeing that 2006 banner hanging in our gym. We struggled offensively tonight to put the ball in the basket, but our defense was good enough to win it and we'll see what happens Sunday.
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“We can’t make mistakes if we want to win the championship.”
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Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)
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When you go out on the court whether it be for the championship or just a scrimmage, have confidence that your abilities and what you've learned in your drills are better than your opponent's. This does not mean you should disregard your opponent. Before taking the court for any game, you should do a lot of thinking about what you have to do to beat your opponent and what he must or can do to beat you.
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I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.
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I said it before the season and I believed it. I said this was a championship-level team. We believed that, even if nobody else did.
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They're in really, really good shape, but what we have to worry about is playing well. This is a big week for us, too, because two wins would put us in a situation where we're competing for the league championship.
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It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can.
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I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player.
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There's a motto, if you fail and fail, you come back and try again. I've had a couple of failures here in America and close calls, especially in Major Championships, and it's great to finally, finally win.
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For this team, as young as we are, any type of championship environment is good for us.
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The last couple years they've been good, but it's just a great group of guys, and they were willing to take the vision that we gave them in the beginning of the season, and we started off really well, which I think helped. But as I mentioned, Andre's sacrifice, David Lee's sacrifice, their willingness to accept roles and keep pushing really was the key to the whole thing.
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I was trying to control myself because I wanted to just park the car and jump out and do cartwheels. The next dream is to win the world championship.
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When you are a young team, it is hard to compete with a team that has won one championship and almost won another. It's a mental thing. It gets into your head, because you know what those guys have done.
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I've always said you might not ever see a mid-major go to the Final Four. When a mid-major wins a game, especially if it's not a good seed, if they play a powerhouse, getting to the Sweet 16 is like going to the Elite Eight. Going to the Elite Eight is like going to the Final Four, so George Mason has already won the national championship. If they win the next two games, they'll have won the world championship. They'll have to give them a gold medal.
