Quotes about Championship

Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once again make the effort to win the tournament. They have had good rhythm in the Premier League this season. Votes: 5

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win. Votes: 5

The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence about the game understands you must have consistency at that position to be a championship team. Votes: 4

I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in. Votes: 4

I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle. Votes: 4

Each championship is unique and special. Votes: 3

Its Not a Belt, its a Championship Title! Votes: 3

What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings Votes: 3

Roddy how many times have you won a World Championship? Votes: 3

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. Votes: 3

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship. Votes: 3

Those opportunities to play in championship games are few and far between Votes: 3

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship. Votes: 3

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart. Votes: 3

It's easier to win the National Championship than the SEC, ask Nick Saban. Votes: 3

Two beautiful women crashing and burning for the sake of the Women's Championship!!! Votes: 3

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable Votes: 3

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match) Votes: 3

Clinching the [County] Championship is a strange sensation... There's more atmosphere in a doctor's waiting room Votes: 3

To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player. Votes: 3

In those years, it was easier to win the Soviet Championship than a game against 'Iron Tigran'. Votes: 3

David Nugent tore up the Championship but he's gone to Portsmouth and he's a fish up a tree Votes: 3

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. Votes: 3

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time. Votes: 3

Until you announce me as the #1 contender for the WWE Championship, I suggest you watch me make snow angels. Votes: 3

Becoming the first Canadian male to win a Major Championship, especially being the Masters, was a dream come true. Votes: 3

To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races Votes: 3

When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well. Votes: 3

Any time you play in a USGA Championship, if you don't drive the ball on the fairway, you're dead. You're done. Votes: 3

My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967. Votes: 3

I want to qualify for the Tour Championship. Being a Georgia Tech grad, playing at East Lake would feel like home. Votes: 3

Championships are not won on the night of a big event, but years before by athletes who commit themselves daily to championship principles Votes: 3

I've got a Championship game to play and I'm excited about the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Votes: 3

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems. Votes: 3

I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews. Votes: 3

Everyone said, 'Emil, you are a fool!' But when I first won the European Championship, they said: 'Emil, you are a genius!' Votes: 3

You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One. Votes: 3

When the race to develop becomes more furious as the Championship progresses, the racing will get better too, improving the entire experience for the fans. Votes: 3

17 seconds from Game 7, or from Championship number 6,Jordan, open, Chicago with the lead. Time out Utah, 5.2 seconds left, Michael Jordan running on fumes with 45 points. Votes: 3

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition. Votes: 3

Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we could look at winning more races. Three race wins would be very satisfying. Votes: 3

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit. Votes: 3

In a country that never wins anything: in Canada, if one of our athletes so much as makes the final in a World Championship, we declare a national holiday. Votes: 3

Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. One-putts, up and down. Us Wagners don't hit greens. We chip and putt. Votes: 3

In the current FIDE World Championship, on the knock-out system, weaker players have good chances. Those, who in a long match would practically have no chance, here may creep through. Votes: 3

Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five players on the same page at all times. Votes: 3

There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach. Votes: 3

My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career, but I can't deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming. Votes: 3

The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have won every single one of its qualifying matches. Votes: 3

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll. Votes: 3

Winning the Championship is like taking a 26-year ball and chain from around our legs. Now we can go forward, and hopefully dominate English football for the next 10 years, like Liverpool did. Votes: 3

We are a global sport. I mean, golf is obviously played all around the world. But when you have your National Championship, of course, everybody in America is rooting for an American. Votes: 3

I'm helpless in post-round, hole-by-hole interviews. I can't take you through most of the holes of winning the Players Championship, the U.S. Amateur or Ryder Cup matches. It's like golf amnesia. Votes: 3

It must be the PGA Championship if it's August and you can sit down and talk to the heat or reach inside your shirt, where it's 110 degrees, and grab handfuls of humidity. Votes: 3

I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the World Championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man. Votes: 3

The PGA Championship, last of the majors each year, might well be accustomed to having fun poked at it by the print press for being mired in August, but this isn't fair. Votes: 3

I'm just feeling like it was meant to be. What can I say? The birth of my son, and in the first year of his life, we won a Super Bowl Championship. Votes: 3

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China. Votes: 3

The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions. Votes: 3

The Ironman World Championship is the hardest race I've competed in. Not only do the elements (heat, wind, humidity) make it grueling, but the quality of the field makes it a true test. Votes: 3

On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches. Votes: 3

I watched the Olympics as a kid. It would be fun to try to win a medal. If I could swap Olympic gold for a US PGA Championship? I'd take the Major every time. Votes: 3

Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson and Timman it served me well. - on preparing for World Championship versus Garry Kasparov Votes: 3

I never paid, or intended to pay, $10,000, or any amount of money, to any player for knocking Kurt Warner, Brett Favre or any other player out of the 2009 Divisional playoff game, 2010 NFC Championship Game or any other game. Votes: 3

My biggest frustration with the Heisman is it's become the MVP of the national champion, or a team going to the National Championship game. That's what it's turned into. If you're not undefeated, you're out of the running. Votes: 3

Ferrari's only objective is to be at the top, in other words, to compete for the World Championship. That's our right. Winning is another matter. It wouldn't be a disgrace to come in second after a tough fight. Votes: 3

I love watching 'UFC' - Ultimate Fighting Championship - I don't know why, because I'm more of a coward than a fighter, but I seem to be very drawn to these blokes actually smashing each other to bits. Votes: 3

I am pleased that in a match for the World Championship I was able to conduct a game in the style of Akiba Rubinstein, where the entire strategic course was maintained from the first to the last move. Votes: 3

People always say it's a shame someone as talented as Ryan Giggs or George Best before him never played in a World Cup or European Championship and I don't want my name to be added to that list. Votes: 3

Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That's the reward. Votes: 3

When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York. Votes: 3

I have a special feeling for Blue Hills CC, where I won perhaps the most important tournament of my life when I was 14 - the Kansas City Match Play Championship. It gave me a dream of becoming a professional golfer. Votes: 3

I would love to end my European campaign with the World Championship stripes on my back. But everything else that I have in my mind right now is to continue working with and having my little camps for women cyclists. Votes: 3

When I saw that Wrestlemania had broken an indoor attendance record, I just walked into a wrestling office, Championship Wrestling in Florida, during the offseason, and they introduced me to Hiro Matsuda, who became my mentor... and the rest is history! Votes: 3

Some people asked me if it was going to be a downer to come back and play on a college team after playing on a world championship team, and I don't think they understand what it is like to play here. Votes: 3

I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed. Votes: 3

My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen. Votes: 3

I'm not chasing championships. Championship's chasing us. I'm not doing that. I want my players to be better people once they leave campus because this is a life lesson. This is more than basketball. This is life lessons that we're trying to teach. Votes: 3

I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face. Votes: 3

We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title. Votes: 3

It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship. Votes: 3

We are the best team of the tournament and deserved the title but luck did not favour us. I think the future of this team is good. If we play more friendly matches and target the SAFF Championship, I think this team can deliver that title. Votes: 3

That's one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent of the time at the plate is a potential member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and many World Championship teams lose more than 70 games during their title-winning seasons. Votes: 3

Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956...But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game. Votes: 3

There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World Championship", we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee. Votes: 3

Getting hurt and watching Tom Brady take over and beginning what's been just a spectacular run of his, and to come back and play in the AFC Championship Game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh, and help us win that game, is a memory that stands out very clearly. Votes: 3

We felt like when we went into last year we had a pretty good chance to win the championship from the previous year with the fall we put together. We've got the same everything now, so I think we can come back and be as strong this year. Votes: 3

I've had a couple of years where injuries have not let me develop in the way I wanted. When I was 21, after the European Championship, I had more injuries. Everything has been less continuous and it has cost me more progress. Continuity is what got me where I am. Votes: 3

A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them.The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event. Votes: 3

Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one. Votes: 3

The first three championships that I won, I won them. I had big numbers and I won them. And last year, the guys won it for me. They won it for the big guy. Numbers are overrated. There's a lot of guys in this league who can say they've got great numbers. But they can't say they've got four rings in the last six years. Votes: 3

Personally I just want to win a championship. Votes: 1

If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing. Votes: 1

I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship. Votes: 1

Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team. Votes: 1

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant. Votes: 1

When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away. Votes: 1

That's the only reason I'm here. I don't need to play the game for any other reason than to win a championship. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players. Votes: 1

When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country. Votes: 1

One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity. Votes: 1

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months. Votes: 1

I've been semi-successful. I've done all right but I'm not the player I was. Who do I think will win the world championship? John Higgins. Have I been good for snooker? I don't know. Votes: 1

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.' Votes: 1

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship. Votes: 1

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right. Votes: 1

We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present. Votes: 1

I went to state in track, won the girls' city championship, and did well in volleyball. I was a varsity cheerleader. So you know, shoot, I've got a couple of letters and things! Last I counted, I think there were eight in my mama's house. Votes: 1

I've been many times to Dubai and the U.A.E., and I have friends that live there. It would be exciting to stage world heavyweight championship fights in the Arab world. It's something Muhammad Ali achieved when he fought in Zaire or the Philippines. It's absolutely exciting to fight in countries where you have never fought. Votes: 1

But I was always a bit of a gypsy, anyway. I spent five years at Oklahoma State, five years at Miami and moved on after winning the national championship, and five years with the Cowboys. So, I was ready to move on. We won back-to-back Super Bowls, and I felt that I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish. Votes: 1

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud. Votes: 1

Every championship, by definition, is historic. Votes: 0

Sometimes you only get to win one championship. Votes: 0

I won the city scoring championship as a senior. Votes: 0

The two championship years were that significant for me. Votes: 0

The only thing championship about Wimbledon is its prestige. Votes: 0

I don't build championship teams, I build championship boys. Votes: 0

Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time. Votes: 0

The only thing 'championship' about Wimbledon is its prestige. Votes: 0

People confuse being world No. 1 with winning a Major championship. Votes: 0

I want to be remembered as a championship football player. Votes: 0

Everything about my life is about winning a national championship Votes: 0

Remember this-I'm going to bring a championship to Miami. I promise. Votes: 0

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates. Votes: 0

I want to win championship. That's the think I enjoy most. Votes: 0

I came so far- from nothing to a Super Bowl championship Votes: 0

The ideal way to win a championship is step by step. Votes: 0

Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins. Votes: 0

To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky. Votes: 0

Those opportunities to play in championship games are few and far between. Votes: 0

I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey. Votes: 0

There are three types of golf: golf, tournament golf and Major championship golf. Votes: 0

It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship. Votes: 0

Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in. Votes: 0

A losing football team looks at excuses. A championship football team looks at solutions. Votes: 0

Despite winning the world championship, it has not altered the reality of the situation. Votes: 0

A team doesn't win the championship if its players are working from different agendas. Votes: 0

Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards. Votes: 0

I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship. Votes: 0

I’m here to win a championship. I’m not here to goof around Votes: 0

I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over. Votes: 0

Anyone who doesn't win their conference has no business playing in the national championship game. Votes: 0

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion. Votes: 0

Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship. Votes: 0

My goal is to play hard and give the city a chance for a championship. Votes: 0

They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan. Votes: 0

If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team. Votes: 0

I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy. Votes: 0

Big Poppa Pump is your hook up, and the next heavyweight championship of the world! Votes: 0

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice. Votes: 0

To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side. Votes: 0

That's the whole goal, to win the national championship. You can't have a legacy without one. Votes: 0

I want to win four or five championship rings. That's how I dream. I dream big. Votes: 0

In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way. Votes: 0

Now I'm a little hurt. Let me check my tears in the reflection of my championship gold. Votes: 0

To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal. Votes: 0

Definitely the road to the championship gets much easier when those type of guys are eliminated early. Votes: 0

For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us. Votes: 0

This is a fantastic fight for the championship. I'm really confident and believe we can do it. Votes: 0

I'd like to win a championship for the Steelers and for myself to shove down Detroits throat. Votes: 0

Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team. Votes: 0

I'll be too old to face a difficult championship as the one in America will surely be. Votes: 0

The thing I probably love the most is driving out with the championship trophy under my arm. Votes: 0

Winning the first championship is a goal for any boxer, and it means a lot to reach it. Votes: 0

I want to win a championship. I can't come on this team and demand to be a starter. Votes: 0

I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over. Votes: 0

How about that amigo? I just come over to see my friends and I win ze bloody championship. Votes: 0

I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now. Votes: 0

I want to win a championship and to win the Indy 500 makes me want it so much more. Votes: 0

Any team that does not win it's conference championship game should not play in the BCS title game Votes: 0

Learn from your mistakes, make adjustments, and go out and compete again. That's the mark of championship spirit. Votes: 0

I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome. Votes: 0

When Paul Brown talked contract, the championship game was part of it. We took the championship game for granted. Votes: 0

Of course they remember. But it's not gonna be about revenge; it's gonna be about the Big Ten championship. Votes: 0

This season is my most special and most cherished. All my focus is on getting that championship back here. Votes: 0

I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship. Votes: 0

A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches. Votes: 0

My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship. Votes: 0

I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship. Votes: 0

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. Votes: 0

Some of us are fortunate enough to play championship golf, but this isn't essential in the enjoyment of the game. Votes: 0

When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience. Votes: 0

Champions are not generated from the championship. Champion is generated from something they have in them, desires, dreams, and visions. Votes: 0

If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year. Votes: 0

There's just a pit that develops in your stomach and doesn't go away. It's the championship pit, and it's there. Votes: 0

I want to be on that team that wins the world championship here in Chicago and sees the city go crazy. Votes: 0

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all. Votes: 0

When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that. Votes: 0

When you're are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. Its more important than that. Votes: 0

Do you want to choose winning over standing out? It's a choice every player on every championship team has to do Votes: 0

You don't even have to win a championship every year to draw the fans. You just have to show you're really trying. Votes: 0

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed. Votes: 0

If I get an opportunity to play for a championship team, I'm going to go hunting for that. I have no loyalty. Votes: 0

I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years. Votes: 0

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind. Votes: 0

I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team. Votes: 0

I really believe in setting goals, no matter what it is: whether it's losing five pounds or making the world championship team. Votes: 0

To win a major championship - I think, at the end of the day, that's what a golfer's career is based upon. Votes: 0

I've enjoyed winning races in both 500cc and MotoGP and enjoyed leading the world championship and contesting it right up until the end. Votes: 0

I prepare for the next fight and I train for that opponent. I'm thinking about Dan Henderson and not thinking about the championship. Votes: 0

The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant. Votes: 0

I dream about winning a championship, where everybody is hooting and hollering for you. The whole world is drawn to the NBA Finals. Votes: 0

I can't be No. 1 with an MVP trophy. I could be No. 1 with the championship ring and the championship trophy on my fireplace. Votes: 0

If it weren't for a new rule that came into being, we'd have played three years in a row in the championship game. Votes: 0

Give me about 10 years, I'm going to run for President. If I can squeeze in an NBA championship before that, I'll do it. Votes: 0

Of course, success is a relative term. It can be something completely different from winning the German championship eight times or making millions. Votes: 0

Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American. Votes: 0

I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything. Votes: 0

The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified. Votes: 0

There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship. Votes: 0

I have high expectations for myself. I'm not out there playing the game just to be playing it. I want to win a championship. Votes: 0

As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them. Votes: 0

But I'm good to go through my contract with Childress, and my determination is to win races and try to win that other championship. Votes: 0

I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication. Votes: 0

I always get up for every game, but this game is especially big. It's a do-or-die thing. This could be (decide) whoever wins the regular-season championship. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies. Votes: 0

You start developing a championship attitude by, first of all, telling kids that they are really good and that they have the potential to become better. Votes: 0

It's not about rugby, it's about young men. It's not about building a championship team, it's about building championship boys. Boys who will be forever strong. Votes: 0

If you go 72-11 and don't win (the championship), it doesn't mean anything. Actually it does. It means you've cheated and played an extra regular-season game. Votes: 0

It's a different thing when you play on a team that has to win, that doesn't consider it a good year unless you win the championship Votes: 0

Brazil is crazy about football. People, they wait for this moment, but this doesn't mean we are going to win the championship. That is the problem. Votes: 0

Our championship committee pledged to review entry conditions and to assess how women golfers might compete on equal terms with men for a place in the Open. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

With the Cubs, they've gone so long without a World Series championship, they wanted to win every day. I want that too, but I didn't feel comfortable. Votes: 0

If I'm watching my favorite boxer, and he's just won the heavyweight championship of the world, and he retires, it kind of makes the guy a legend. Votes: 0

When the BCS started, a decision was made collectively, as coaches, that the BCS champion would receive our championship and our trophy. It's as simple as that. Votes: 0

I want to win some Super Bowls, and so thats really my focus, to do whatever I have to do to lead this team to a championship, Votes: 0

I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it. Votes: 0

I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and I wasn't gonna be denied. Votes: 0

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And thats what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner. Votes: 0

Michael Schumacher deserved the driver's championship. To be honest, I didn't want to keep my record as the last Ferrari world champion; it's never done me any good! Votes: 0

I've never experienced- besides the birth of my two daughters-the feeling of winning a world championship in New York in the new stadium. It's something I'll never forget. Votes: 0

Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record. Votes: 0

I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship. Votes: 0

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner. Votes: 0

I was trying to control myself because I wanted to just park the car and jump out and do cartwheels. The next dream is to win the world championship. Votes: 0

Every fight is do or die for me. I've come too far to start over. I'm on a destiny trip right now. I'm racing towards that heavyweight world championship. Votes: 0

There's nothing easy about winning a game in the National Football League, let alone winning a championship, things that we've done in the past. However, that's in the past. Votes: 0

It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship are foundation stones without which a championship structure cannot be built. Votes: 0

Every year you suit up, you play for a championship. Some years, some teams... it was very few times I think I played on that realistically had a chance. Votes: 0

When you get a little older, you think, I'd like to make a little money and stick it away or buy a place - or win the world championship. Votes: 0

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship. Votes: 0

It's probably indicative that I was destined for an academic career that I'm 6-5 and I lost the slam-dunk championship to somebody 5-8. I was a lot better at math. Votes: 0

A team championship doesn't happen because three people score 10s, it happens because all the guys score well. In my opinion, everyone deserved 10s, we're all 10s on this team. Votes: 0

Every step of the way I think you learn something that makes you a better player, and all those lessons really come out when it matters the most in a championship. Votes: 0

One day to see that headline, not that someone won a basketball championship, but to see that a cure for cancer has been found, will be a great day for mankind. Votes: 0

When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say to take players from state championship teams because they only know one thing -- winning. Votes: 0

Winning the world championship in '66 was really the pinnacle of the whole thing, because to win a championship with an Australian made engine was a fantastic feather in our cap... Votes: 0

To be a part of a championship team, I'm excited... This is the closest I've ever been to a championship. I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping this team repeat. Votes: 0

I wouldn't feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I'm here to win a team prize, and that's to win a championship, not an individual prize. Votes: 0

Winning the Indy 500 in 1995 and the Formula 1 championship in 1997 are very special moments for me, and the people in NASCAR show me respect for what I've achieved so far in my career. Votes: 0

The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis deserves a championship team, and I am committed to that. Votes: 0

I realized my dream and was proud to be a Superstar. I never won a title, but being hired by WWE and being a Superstar, to me, was like winning a championship. Votes: 0

Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try and defend our title again. I'm very proud of that. Votes: 0

Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses. Votes: 0

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward. Votes: 0

Just reading about the various opinions concerning the conduct of the recent championship matches convinces me that the only thing to which two chessplayers could agree is that a third one is over-rated. Votes: 0

Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that. Votes: 0

Building a business and becoming a billionaire is it's not championship. It's the competence; the competence in your sector with other companies not looking to have some kind of records in this issue. Votes: 0

They've been a thorn in our side, but we're playing for more than just revenge. We're coming out and playing for the Big Ten tournament championship. If we beat them, that'll be great. Votes: 0

If St. Andrews is the home of golf, I think Pebble Beach feels like the home of American golf, like the home of championship golf. It has a real sense of history here. Votes: 0

I think both Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva are establishing legacies just by how long they've maintained their championship runs. I think both of them still have a lot left in their careers. Votes: 0

That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way. Votes: 0

I have great respect for Jaypee Greens as a company that has produced a truly world class, 24-carat, championship golf course. I am happy to be associated with a company with such outstanding qualities. Votes: 0

In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win. Votes: 0

I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is. Votes: 0

I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out. Votes: 0

I've been semi-successful. I've done all right but I'm not the player I was. Who do I think will win the world championship? John Higgins. Have I been good for snooker? I don't know." Votes: 0

The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on. Votes: 0

I know the next level for me is to make my teammates better, to win a championship, and to where they have confidence that they can score 20 or 15 points a night and be consistent. Votes: 0

The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.' Votes: 0

I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away. Votes: 0

I want to win a championship with the best drivers, the best engineers and the best technology. As drivers, we want to make sure that we are involved in a championship with such a standard. Votes: 0

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period. Votes: 0

My goals are for the U.S. team to get to the second round of the World Cup and to win a championship here in the U.S. with my club team the Columbus Crew. Votes: 0

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player. Votes: 0

I can honestly say that two weeks after the national championship year, I'd forgotten about it and started laying the groundwork for spring practice. And so every year, that's been the thing that's motivated me. . . . Votes: 0

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. Votes: 0