Championship Quotes - Page 16

• But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.

  Sally Pearson

  Taken, Thinking, Would Be

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

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• Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Gay, Mvp, Gold

  "WNBA Star Sheryl Swoopes: I'm Gay", www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2005.

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• She hung up and I set out the chess board. I filled a pipe, paraded the chessmen and inspected them for French shaves and loose buttons, and played a championship tournament game between Gortchakoff and Meninkin, seventy-two moves to a draw, a prize specimen of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object, a battle without armour, a war without blood, and as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency.

  Raymond Chandler

  War, Moving, Agency

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Long Goodbye: A Novel”, p.174, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

  Bobby Knight

  Team, Winning, Texas

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• I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, I can expect half-hearted results. Most people get it the honest way by setting their goals and committing themselves to achieving their goals. That's the only way I did it anyway. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Teamwork, Winning, Games

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• The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning moment because not only were the Tigers winning a world championship that meant so much to an entire city, they were beating the best pitcher I ever saw-Bob Gibson.

  Ernie Harwell

  Single Mom, Winning, Games

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• I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing each other's openings. It's just now with computers that it has reached a new level.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Thinking, People, Effort

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• Edwards said the greatest moment of his career was winning the national championship. The lowest moment (of my career) happens every time we lose to Utah.

  LaVell Edwards

  Time, Winning, Utah

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• Until you announce me as the #1 contender for the WWE Championship, I suggest you watch me make snow angels.

  CM Punk

  Inspiring, Angel, Wwe

  "WWE Raw" with Michael Cole, June 20, 2011.

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• Its Not a Belt, its a Championship Title!

  CM Punk

  Inspiring, Titles, Belts

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• What motivates me is not one more championship, it is the challenge each year. I have just thoroughly enjoyed starting in spring with a new team and trying to put all the elements together to make a team.

  LaVell Edwards

  Team, Spring, Years

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• In my final years in Green Bay, when I wasn't getting the ball, people would ask me why I never complained.
  'Because these guys are my family,' I would say. 'I'm not selfish. It's not about me. It's about these guys, my family, and winning championships together.

  Donald Driver

  Selfish, Winning, Years

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• I’m here to win a championship. I’m not here to goof around

  Bubba Watson

  Winning, Goofs

  "2014 PGA Championship interview with: BUBBA WATSON". Interview with Kelly Elbin, www.pga.com.

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• I've been on a team that won the world championship of barbecue. But barbecue's interesting, because it's one of these cult foods like chili, or bouillabaisse. Various parts of the world will have a cult food that people get enormously attached to - there's tremendous traditions; there's secrecy.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Team, Interesting, People

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• Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Winning, Journey

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• I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.

  Steve Nash

  Team, Thinking, Forget

  "'I'm not some Yank who wants to make a profit. I just want to see Spurs succeed'". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2008.

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• The one thing that I really want, ... is for our second group to be an energy unit. That's what we had in our championship run, and that's what I think you are starting to see with this group.

  Joe Dumars

  Running, Thinking, Energy

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• The best players in the world are playing to make history. There are only four tournaments you can win to make history, and TPC (The Players Championship) is not one of them. And neither are those world events. And you're not going to make history winning some kind of FedEx Cup.

  Paul Azinger

  Winning, Player, Events

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• If Tim Duncan had 'Knicks' on his jersey, he'd be a god. He'd be more than Patrick Ewing. With four championships and two MVPs, I think people realize he's one of the best ever, but if he played in New York, he'd be way more famous.

  Tony Parker

  New York, Thinking, Two

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• I honestly didn't even know who the coach was when I was coming to New York. I just wanted to win a championship; I didn't even know who was coaching. I didn't care. It could have been Aunt Jemima. They could have had the syrup coaching. I was coming here regardless. I just wanted to win a championship here.

  Metta World Peace

  New York, Aunt, Winning

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• When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away.

  Paul Pierce

  Winning, Feelings, Going Away

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• In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Crazy, Athlete, Winning

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• When I won the World Championship in '72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

  Bobby Fischer

  Baseball, Football, Country

  Radio Interview, www.geocities.jp. September 11, 2001.

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• When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

  Jennie Finch

  Softball, Crushed, Pitcher

  "Jennie Finch on motherhood, marathons and being 'a machine'" by Jacque Wilson, www.cnn.com. March 9, 2012.

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• 'Moonwalking with Einstein' refers to a memory device I used when I memorized a deck of playing cards at the U.S. Memory Championship. When I competed in 2006, I set a new U.S. record by memorizing a deck of cards in one minute and 40 seconds. That record has since fallen.

  Joshua Foer

  Memories, Cards, Records

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