Champion Quotes
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I set out in the beginning to be the heavyweight champion of the world. From a very young age, I was going to be the heavyweight champion of the world. Nothing else was a problem to me. That's what I'll finish doing.
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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 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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Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.
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That was the fight. I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.
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To be a champion you must live like one.
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I think the best thing I've written is a story called 'The Boxer and the Blonde.' It's a piece about Billy Conn, the white would-be heavyweight champion of the world, who lived in Pittsburgh.
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I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.
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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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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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“Jessica," he said gravely. "I will be your champion, if you let me. If I have to take on the role of knight, I want to be yours. Let me be your protector.
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Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.
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The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through.
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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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Serena, for me, is one of the best players in the world. She is a great person and a great 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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... in itself the title of world champion does not give any significicant advantages, if it is not acknowledged by the entire chess world, and a champion who does not have the chess world behind him is, in my view, a laughing-stock.
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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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I feel as if I'm God's champion, and I have a lot of pride in that.
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A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?
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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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If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.
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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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Anybody can quit. Only a real champion and a person of character and strength can keep going and refuse to give up.
