Championship Quotes
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I like that you have to shape shots. For instance, on the par-5 second, you absolutely have to hit a draw if you hit driver. A long hitter hitting it off line is not going to do very well at the Players Championship.
Brad Faxon
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I'd like to win a championship for the Steelers and for myself to shove down Detroits throat.
Bobby Layne
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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.
Colin Montgomerie
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Definitely the road to the championship gets much easier when those type of guys are eliminated early.
Denny Hamlin
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'Moonwalking with Einstein' refers to a memory device I used when I memorized a deck of playing cards at the U.S. Memory Championship. When I competed in 2006, I set a new U.S. record by memorizing a deck of cards in one minute and 40 seconds. That record has since fallen.
Joshua Foer
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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.
Chuck Miller
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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.
Albert Belle
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Each championship is unique and special.
Trish Stratus
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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.
Antonio McDyess
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Every fight is do or die for me. I've come too far to start over. I'm on a destiny trip right now. I'm racing towards that heavyweight world championship.
Antonio Tarver
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I always get up for every game, but this game is especially big. It's a do-or-die thing. This could be (decide) whoever wins the regular-season championship.
Rajon Rondo
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When they had a chance to win a conference championship, they responded. Give them credit.
Gary Blair
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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.
Steve Kerr
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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.
Paul Pierce
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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.
Bob Thomason
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It's always a special feeling playing in this event. I am a big fan of TPC Boston. The Deutsche Bank Championship is as good as it gets on the PGA Tour.
Brad Faxon
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But as much as I am personally proud for winning five championships, I'm equally proud just being part of a women's division that has gotten so much better with all these great athletes here.
Trish Stratus
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The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning moment because not only were the Tigers winning a world championship that meant so much to an entire city, they were beating the best pitcher I ever saw-Bob Gibson.
Ernie Harwell
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We felt like when we went into last year we had a pretty good chance to win the championship from the previous year with the fall we put together. We've got the same everything now, so I think we can come back and be as strong this year.
Sterling Marlin
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I think it all comes down to fundamentals. This is not a time to start forgetting things. It will be a matter of inches and seconds that will win the championship. You work hard all year to get to this point, and you have to be able to sustain. You can only escape for so long.
C. Vivian Stringer
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I used to dream of medals and championships, but now I dream solely of a blue-eyed fighter who one day changed my life, when he put his lips on mine. . .
Katy Evans
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The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'
Tiger Woods
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Winning a championship is now a legitimate and realistic goal.
Danny Ainge
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That's the great thing about the NFL: A team can get hot and win a championship.
Alex Smith