Championships Quotes

• There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

  

  Harry Vardon
  • Control
  • Nerves
  • Types of player

• I just love playing in major championships.

  

  Inbee Park
  • Playing
  • Major
  • Championships

• It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Lose
  • Head
  • Championships

• He was a great student and a really fine leader on the basketball court. He directed a lot of what happened, he was very much one of the reasons why we were successful over those six championships.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • Great
  • Why
  • Basketball

• He could have been the heir apparent to (Michael Jordan) and maybe won as many championships. He may still win a championship or two, but the boyish hero image has been replaced by that of a callous gun for hire.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • May
  • Hero
  • Gun

• You're measured by championships no matter what.

  

  Candace Parker
  • You
  • Matter
  • Championships

• You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.

  

  Larry Dixon
  • Career
  • Wise
  • Greatest

• He's certainly won more state championships than anyone else, and his record as Gainesville's baseball coach will probably never be equaled.

  

  Don Brewer
  • Record
  • Certainly
  • Probably

• We don't need more titles. We need more championships.

  

  Randy Lerner
  • More
  • Titles
  • Championships

• I want to win championships.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • Want
  • Win
  • Championships

• When you think about these single distances championships and these World Cup races, people can make a career out of skating one or two distances.

  

  Eric Heiden
  • World Cup
  • Races
  • DIstances

• We're excited to bring in a veteran player like Sam who brings nine years of playoff experience and two championships, ... The addition of Sam strengthens our backcourt. He's a big-time scorer who is one of the best in the league when it comes to taking and making the big shot in the closing moments of a ballgame.

  

  Elgin Baylor
  • Time
  • Experience
  • Moments

• So for me, being here, it's OU-Texas, ... It's two good teams that have won national championships. They have a great and strong tradition. And they have traditionally been nationally ranked.

  

  Bob Stoops
  • Tradition
  • Teams
  • Championships

• Should we have won more championships, more Super Bowls? Yes, we should have. But I don't think you put that on the head coach. We, as players, have to make that happen, and we didn't make it happen like we should have.

  

  Art Shell
  • Players
  • Coach
  • Super Bowls

• My dad demanded results. I wasn't expected just to be a student, I was supposed to get straight A's. My dad didn't want me just to play sports, he pushed me to win state championships in high school and national championships.

  

  Bobby Lashley
  • Sports
  • Results
  • Straight

• I was so tired. I had a lot of competition, I won the summer and winter world championships, I set new world records, and I tried to do my best today, but I couldn't.

  

  Yelena Isinbayeva
  • World
  • Competition
  • Tired

• I'm a little bit disinterested in it. . . . We have been in both situations, and we found our way in other years to win championships and other years we have been picked favorites and not won championships.

  

  Bob Stoops
  • Championships
  • Favorites
  • Disinterested

• Pre-season was very challenging with the African Championships on my continent. Unfortunately, I failed to qualify for the Games there. It was an emotional moment for me due to the context, but I quickly accepted the result as evidence of what my preparation has been the past 3 years.

  

  Benjamin Boukpeti
  • Games
  • Evidence
  • Challenging

• I am disappointed to have to end my season, but my knee has been bothering me for the better part of the year. My ultimate goal is to play in the major championships next year and to qualify for the 2006 Ryder Cup, and by having surgery now I can strive to meet this goal. I look forward to the 2006 season.

  

  Brad Faxon
  • Goal
  • Season
  • Disappointed

• At the international level, everyone is a great athlete, but these three things are the difference-makers when it comes to winning championships.

  

  Amy Rodriguez
  • Winning
  • Level
  • Championships

• I stay patient. I don't go out there and try to set a course record. That's probably one of my strengths and one reason I've been able to win major championships.

  

  Annika Sorenstam
  • Record
  • Patient
  • Championships

• We've won a lot of championships, but I'm not sure that any one of them is any more special than this one. This team has come so far. They continue to amaze me.

  

  Eddie Sutton
  • Team
  • Won
  • Amaze

• The pitching is a big core. You look at the Chicago White Sox, what they did last year, the New York Yankees, when they were in their heyday, they had pitching and that's what wins championships. You're very seldom going to slug it out with a team in the playoffs.

  

  Bob Wickman
  • Wins
  • Playoffs
  • Pitching

• Players win games, teams win championships.

  

  Bill Taylor
  • Win
  • Players
  • Teams

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