Champion Quotes
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Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.
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What makes a champion great is how he dethrones the guy before him. Look at Mike Tyson against Trevor Berbick and how he crushed him. You have to rip the title away from him.
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I always wanted to be Olympic champion and do clean programs.
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I don't want to be like any other boxer. My goal is to be a champion in my own style.
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I don't believe in the philosophy that if you knock a champion down, then they get back up. You have to build them up gradually. You have to develop their self image. It's just how you treat people everyday that makes them better.
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Being the undisputed world champion is a relief. We instituted a unified chess title, I am the absolute world champion.
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Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.
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A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?
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I had some friends who were great skiers who I would hang out with, like Jonny Moseley, the Olympic moguls champion, who tried to date my sister once.
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The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.
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Anybody can quit. Only a real champion and a person of character and strength can keep going and refuse to give up.
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I made my debut on October 10, 2008, so it'll be seven years to the day that I could become world champion. That's a massive night to be crowned.
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Let me touch on Ruslan Provodnikov's style. He is a lot better than people think. Every fight he has lost has been a very close fight. He really brought it and he is a great champion. On top of being an exciting fighter the guy is good.
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The days of the heavyweight champion as civil rights leader are long gone. You think you'd see Ali rolling around on the floor of an ESPN Zone? I don't think so.
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The mission I set out on in the beginning - to become heavyweight champion of the world, undisputed, lineal champion - you could say that mission is complete.
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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
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I'm world champion, so if I'm not ready for another fighter at 154, I don't deserve to be world champion. That's the way I look at it and what I firmly believe.
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I am not somebody who goes around saying men are superior or that male writers are superior. In fact, I really go out of my way to champion women's work that I think is not getting enough attention. None of that is ever enough. Because a villain is needed. It's like there's no way to make myself not male.
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It's always Canelo, and it's Mexican Independence Day, so I know that. But I am the champion, and just looking back on that, that is one reason why I hope they'll respect that I'm champion and be fair.
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I'm the nap champion.
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Champions know that there's something inside that makes a champion, and other people think that it might something external.
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The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.
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I feel as if I'm God's champion, and I have a lot of pride in that.
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I want to be the IC Champion. I want to be the U.S. Champion. I want to be the tag team champion. I want to hold all the championships.
