Champion Quotes

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  I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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• 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.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Motivational, Happiness, Success

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

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

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• God has given us a vision to see the body of Christ move from being an inactive audience to a Spirit-filled army. . . God is about to unloose a powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit of an unprecedented magnitude. . . He is looking for individuals who will be 'dread champions' for his cause.

  John Wimber

  Powerful, Moving, Army

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• Once a champion, always a champion.

  Ferdinand Marcos

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

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• The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

  Martina Navratilova

  Inspirational, Commitment, Pigs

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  Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other's space and are champions of each other's causes.

  Henry Cloud

  Space, Healthy, Causes

  Henry Cloud, John Townsend (2008). “Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No”, p.178, Zondervan

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• Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new champion, and every so often a genuine earthquake will tear down the apparently secure infrastructure.

  Lynda Obst

  Earthquakes, Tears, Hollywood

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• There's a champion in all of us, it's how you choose to find it.

  Mark McMorris

  You Choose

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• Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.

  Steve Backley

  Decision, Outcomes, Chance

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• To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

  Anatoly Karpov

  Strong, Player, Gamer

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  Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Sports, Running, Winning

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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  Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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• I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, Teamwork, Motivational Sports

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• Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.

  Nancy Lopez

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, Sports, Athlete

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

  Gerry Cooney

  Careers, Three, Losing

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

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

  John Millington Synge

  Cheer, World, Young

  John Millington Synge, Ann Saddlemyer (1998). “Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays”, p.132, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion.

  Kimi Raikkonen

  Ambition, Racing, World

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• An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.

  Major Taylor

  Athlete, Reason, Clean

  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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• What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.

  Eldridge Cleaver

  Powerful, America, Mind

  ELDRIDGE CLEAVER (1968). “SOUL ON ICE”

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• 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.

  Alan Armstrong

  Sports, Running, Athlete

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• Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

  Muhammad Ali

  Skills, Boxing, Stronger

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2011

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

  Jean-Claude Killy

  Leadership, Sports, Volleyball

  Jean Claude Killy, Michael Halstead (1978). “Situation Skiing”, Doubleday Books

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