Championship Team Quotes

• 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.

  Bobby Orr

  Sports, Team, Home

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• As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC went through Oakland. To achieve your dreams as a team, you had to slay the Oakland Raiders. They were the barometer of what it took to be a championship team.

  Joe Greene

  Dream, Team, Oakland

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

  Ed Belfour

  Team, Cups, Another Chance

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• I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Team, Thinking

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

  Mats Sundin

  Sports, Team, Years

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  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.

  Nick Saban

  Team, Adversity, Overcoming

  Nick Saban, Brian Curtis (2007). “How Good Do You Want to Be?: A Champion's Tips on How to Lead and Succeed at Work and in Life”, p.8, Ballantine Books

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• There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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  Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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

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• If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Teamwork, Thinking

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

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• Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.

  Mike Singletary

  Success, Team, Practice

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• 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.

  Michael Strahan

  Sports, Team, Thinking

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

  Magic Johnson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Teamwork

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• Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

  Jason Kidd

  Basketball, Team, Nba

  "Kidd to coach Nets". www.foxnews.com. June 12, 2013.

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• 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.

  Ron Jaworski

  Sports, Football, Team

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• 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.

  Lorrie Fair

  Team, College, Thinking

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• Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Coward

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• Practice is important. The regular season is important. Your meetings are important. Your walk-through is important. Everything is important. You want to be a championship team, there's a price to pay. And that's what you have to do. There's no shortcuts. You can't shortcut your way to success.

  Tom Thibodeau

  Team, Practice, Important

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Teamwork, Chance

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• 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.

  Hubie Brown

  Basketball, Team, School

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• The Mets have shied away from that iconic club because they don't want the current one exposed to that hard-partying culture which, while well-documented, has also been somewhat exaggerated at times. The guys from that championship team are older and more mature now and can warn the current Mets about some of the pitfalls of fame.

  Mookie Wilson

  Team, Party, Guy

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• 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.

  Larry Gelwix

  Strength, Being Strong, Sports

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• I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston.. actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics.. it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly.

  Bill Walton

  Cheer, Team, Boston

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

  Dara Torres

  Team, Believe, Goal

  "Dara Torres On Her Diet, How She Plans on Staying in Shape, and Life After Swimming". Interview with Karina Arrue, www.glamour.com. September 9, 2009.

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• 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.

  Doug Collins

  Stars, Team, Thinking

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• I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship.

  Richard Jefferson

  Team, Winning, Play

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