Champion Quotes

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

Rhetorically, President Obama is a champion of bipartisanship. In practice, though, he is almost always its enemy.

I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me grow into becoming a world champion.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we don't fight tyranny it will not leave us alone in peace.

Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.

But research confirms that both Republican and Democratic women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate and fight for bills that champion social justice, protect the environment, advocate for families, and promote nonviolent conflict resolution.

I was born to be champion of the world.

They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.

Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.

A true champion can adapt to anything.

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.

I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

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.

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

To be a champion you must act like one, act like a champion.

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.

If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.