Champion Quotes - Page 7

• The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, Sports, Life And Love

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• I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.

  Major Taylor

  Giving, Racing, Experience

  Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”

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• You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they're on to something else. There's just not a great love of the sport there

  Monica Seles

  Sports, Dark, Years

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• Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

  Simon Sinek

  Athlete, Winning, Race

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• What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

  Mark Spitz

  Sports, Perseverance, Successful

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• I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in '94, and after that I did Tommy's tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I've just kind of backed off a little.

  Elvis Stojko

  Sports, Trying, World

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• My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.

  Olivier Martinez

  Brother, Father, Years

  "Olivier Martinez: Liberté, Egalité, Sensualité - Enter a New International Heartthrob". Interview with Vince Passaro, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 2002.

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• The will must be stronger than the skill.

  Muhammad Ali

  Courage, Perseverance, Adversity

  Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham (2015). “The Greatest: My Own Story”, p.328, Graymalkin Media

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• Zeal will do more than knowledge.

  William Hazlitt

  Passion, Knowledge, Zeal

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.178

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• Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

  Rudy Tomjanovich

  Basketball, Sports, Motivation

  Rudy Tomjanovich (1997). “A Rocket at Heart: My Life and My Team”

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• I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say "We'll just have to see".

  Dick Fosbury

  Sports, Athlete, Successful

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• The toughest part of the whole damn sport is the X Factor. To me, the X factor is your soul. It's your courage. It's your unique driving force. Suppose for a moment that [you] and I were [running]. Suppose that in every possible way-physical and mental-we were identical. Which one of us would emerge as the champion?

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Sports, Running, Unique

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• What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.

  Patty Berg

  Being Strong, Determination, Winning

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  You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion.

  Hillary Clinton

  Needs, Want

  Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton, twitter.com. April 12, 2005.

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• Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead.

  Paula White

  Strong Women, Cheer, Lying

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• Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.

  Zig Ziglar

  Perseverance, Hard Work, Odds

  Zig Ziglar, Tom Ziglar (2012). “Born to Win: Find Your Success Code”, p.27, AudioInk

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• Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear

  Denis Waitley

  Achievement, Desire, Compelled

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• The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, Teamwork, Sacrifice

  Mia Hamm, Aaron Heifetz (2013). “Go For The Goal: A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• I thought you were supposed to be the champion of your people,' I said. I live because I need to do that. For anyone who is left.' Don't you see? No one will be left. Protect them now or there will be no one to protect!' This is a battle that goes on and on. It never ends. You're too young to understand. No! You're too much of a coward to fight.' I was sick of lies and secrets and of battles so old we had to erase who we were to fight back. And still we lost. Still we were tied to posts.

  Alice Hoffman

  Lying, Fighting, People

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  Those who stay will be champions

  Bo Schembechler

  Nfl

  Bo Schembechler, Dan Ewald (1998). “Michigan Memories: Inside Bo Schembechler's Football Scrapbook”, Sleeping Bear Software

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• I don't need to be fixed anymore. That job's already been done. I love you, Annabelle. -Heath Champion-

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Jobs, Love You, Needs

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• Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operations of our egos in a very mighty way.

  Aberjhani

  Funny Valentines Day, Mistake, People

  Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.16, Lulu.com

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• Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Love, Hero, Reality

  1969 'Those Daring Young Men In Their Flying Machines Ain't What They Used To Be!', in Pageant, Sep.

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• Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Evil, Enemy

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