Champion Quotes - Page 15

• My grandmother spoiled my father rotten and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married my beautiful mother, Elsa, he expected her to give up her career as a champion ballroom dancer and become a good wife and mother, which she dutifully did.

  Joan Collins

  Beautiful, Mother, Giving Up

  "Joan Collins: My family values". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2013.

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• I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line and hear your national anthem play and being a gold medal champion, you dream of that. And then to be able to accomplish that and actually win a gold medal and represent your country its an amazing feeling.

  Sidney Crosby

  Country, Dream, Hockey

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• I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

  Vin Diesel

  Art, Practice, Heavyweights

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• In terms of playing ability there is nothing to choose between number one and 100. Instead, it's a question of who believes and who wants it more? Which player is mentally stronger? Which player is going to fight the hardest in the big points? These are the things that determine who is the champion.

  Novak Djokovic

  Believe, Fighting, Player

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• When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

  Dick Van Dyke

  Jobs, Bye, Needs

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• Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Failure

  "The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison". Book by Thomas A. Edison, 1948.

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• I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company.

  Tim Ferriss

  Sports, Wrestling, Athlete

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• World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes.

  Tim Ferriss

  Coffee, Airplane, Use

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• When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

  George Foreman

  Men, Boxers, World

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Over a 10-season stretch from 1967 to 1976, eight Super Bowl champions either were the Raiders or had to beat the Raiders in the playoffs. The Jets, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Colts, Miami, the Steelers each of the first two times... we all had to deal with the Raiders.

  Joe Greene

  Eight, Cities, Kansas City

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• I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

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• If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out of each other, he was always trying to tone it down. But I am a fan of boxing.

  Hugh Jackman

  Sports, Brother, Father

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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  Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Believe, Player

  "For the Love of the Game: My Story". Book by Michael Jordan, www.slate.com. 1998.

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• The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Games, Goal

  "Q&A: Michael Jordan on high school and the Jordan Classic". Interview with Christopher Lawlor, usatoday30.usatoday.com. March 14, 2005.

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• I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Mind, Wake Up

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• You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Standards Set, Competition

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• Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Fighting, Needs

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• Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Night

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• Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Nba

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• The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

  Michael Jordan

  Eye, Player, Looks

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• Winning isn't always championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Winning, Championship

  "Jordan returns to NBA". www.wired.com. September 25, 2001.

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• When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Fundamentals, World

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