Championship Quotes

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

  Mike Ditka

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

  Mike Ditka, Don Pierson (1987). “Ditka: An Autobiography”

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

  James J. Corbett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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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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• Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

  Bill Parcells

  Team, Winning, Games

  Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books

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

  Jerry West

  Winning, Chance, Crucial

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.

  John Wooden

  Team, Winning, Player

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

  Duffy Daugherty

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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• 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.

  LeBron James

  Mean, Thinking, Winning

  Interview With Larry King, edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2010.

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• 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.

  Dale Earnhardt

  Determination, Winning, Race

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• 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.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Sports, Winning, Thinking

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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

  Richard Dawkins

  Cute, Humility, Winning

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• Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time.

  Teddy Sheringham

  Sports, Team, Winning

  "Cool-head Ted" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2002.

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• 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.

  Jet Li

  Art, School, Years

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• 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.

  Billy Corgan

  World, Lines, Cubs

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• 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.

  Eric Cantona

  Soccer, Beach, Winning

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• 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.

  Damon Hill

  Sports, Athlete, Winning

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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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• You can be the best person in the league but if you don't win championships, something's missing.

  Terrell Davis

  Missing You, Winning, League

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• I won the city scoring championship as a senior.

  Bob Cousy

  Basketball, Senior, Cities

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• I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Winning, Player

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• I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey.

  Gene Tunney

  Winning, Years, Six

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• Personally I just want to win a championship.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Winning, Want

  Inside Hoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. February 14, 2004.

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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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• 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.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Sports, Passion, Winning

  "Duke of the Court". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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