Champion Quotes - Page 15

• I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Hands, People, Support

  "Five minutes with Jackie Joyner-Kersee". Interview With Julie Deardorff, www.chicagotribune.com. May 2, 2012.

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• We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Different, World, Satisfaction

  "Are You Happy Now?". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.gallup.com. February 10, 2005.

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• I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Rights, Protect, Humans

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• My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.

  Queen Latifah

  Mom, Smart, Creative

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• Liberals sit from this lofty perch of pomposity, but they are the champions of ignorance. They don't know what they're talking about.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Ignorance, Talking, Lofty

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• I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Success, Business

  FaceBook post by Donald J. Trump from Nov 21, 2016

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• Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Player, Chess, Facts

  "How Does the Brain Work?". "NOVA scienceNOW", www.pbs.org. September 14, 2011.

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• All these nice people saying I'm going to be world champion won't make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.

  Sebastian Vettel

  Nice, Believe, People

  "Vettel: 'They called me Baby Schumi. I didn't like it but I understood'" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2010.

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• If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.

  Thomas J. Watson

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Failure

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• Creating emotion was what my career was all about. I wanted people to laugh at me; I wanted people to cry with me. I wanted people to feel good or to think about something when they watched me. I think that's why, even not being an Olympic champion, I have such a huge following around the world.

  Johnny Weir

  Thinking, Careers, Creating

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• The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children.

  Juan Williams

  Teacher, Children, Block

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• Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.102, B&H Publishing Group

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  You can win all the tournaments you want, but the majors are what you're remembered for. It's how you're measured as a champion in our sport. The majors are where it's at.

  Tiger Woods

  Sports, Winning, Want

  "Tiger Woods on top of his game, and the world" by Mike Celizic, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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• I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.

  Greg Graffin

  Religious, People, Trying

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• As a professional journalist who nonetheless champions a 'people's' Internet, I am happy to compete against the thousands of amateur bloggers out there reporting and commenting on the same stories I do.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  People, Stories, Internet

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• Every child needs a champion.

  Unknown

  Children, Vision, Needs

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2012). “It Takes a Village”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a business suit, his days of glory shrunk to a little gold cup on his mantel with a date engraved on it like the date on a tombstone.

  Sylvia Plath

  Wall, Tombstone, College

  Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.41, Hamilton Books

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• I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil.

  A.A. Attanasio

  Dream, Husband, Men

  "The Dragon and the Unicorn: The Perilous Order of Camelot". Volume One,

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• It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion.

  Yann Martel

  Night, Made, Worst

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.135, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Palindrome as well. My sister's name is Hannah. Father liked word games. He was fourteen times World Scrabble Champion. When he died, we buried him at Queenzieburn to make use of the triple word score.

  Jasper Fforde

  Father, Games, Names

  Jasper Fforde (2006). “The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime”, p.86, Penguin

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• Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar

  Katy Perry

  Causes

  Song: Roar, Album: Prism, 2013

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• Faith is the champion of Grace, and Love the nurse; but Humility is the beauty of Grace.

  Thomas Brooks

  Humility, Nurse, Grace

  Thomas Brooks (1866). “The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed”, p.30

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• Nobody knows that they're going to be Champions - you have to work to get there.

  Dwyane Wade

  Nobody Knows, Knows

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• My ability to get through my day greatly depends on the relationship that I have with other women...We have to be able to champion other women. We have to root for each other's successes and not delight in one another's failures.

  Michelle Obama

  Roots, Delight, Able

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• J.C. Ryle is an evangelical champion...One of the bravest and best of men.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Best Of Me, Evangelical

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