Championship Quotes - Page 10

• I dont believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs.

  Byron Scott

  Believe, Winning, Playoffs

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• I don't build championship teams, I build championship boys.

  Larry Gelwix

  Team, Boys, Championship Team

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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 missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working.

  David Rudisha

  Finals, Records, World

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• Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.

  David Rudisha

  Race, Pace, Lasts

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• There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

  Harry Vardon

  Sports, Golf, Winning

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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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• Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Winning, Journey

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• I’m here to win a championship. I’m not here to goof around

  Bubba Watson

  Winning, Goofs

  "2014 PGA Championship interview with: BUBBA WATSON". Interview with Kelly Elbin, www.pga.com.

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• In my final years in Green Bay, when I wasn't getting the ball, people would ask me why I never complained.
  'Because these guys are my family,' I would say. 'I'm not selfish. It's not about me. It's about these guys, my family, and winning championships together.

  Donald Driver

  Selfish, Winning, Years

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• What motivates me is not one more championship, it is the challenge each year. I have just thoroughly enjoyed starting in spring with a new team and trying to put all the elements together to make a team.

  LaVell Edwards

  Team, Spring, Years

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• Its Not a Belt, its a Championship Title!

  CM Punk

  Inspiring, Titles, Belts

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

  CM Punk

  Inspiring, Angel, Wwe

  "WWE Raw" with Michael Cole, June 20, 2011.

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• 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.

  LaVell Edwards

  Time, Winning, Utah

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• I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing each other's openings. It's just now with computers that it has reached a new level.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Thinking, People, Effort

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• I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, I can expect half-hearted results. Most people get it the honest way by setting their goals and committing themselves to achieving their goals. That's the only way I did it anyway. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Teamwork, Winning, Games

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• She hung up and I set out the chess board. I filled a pipe, paraded the chessmen and inspected them for French shaves and loose buttons, and played a championship tournament game between Gortchakoff and Meninkin, seventy-two moves to a draw, a prize specimen of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object, a battle without armour, a war without blood, and as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency.

  Raymond Chandler

  War, Moving, Agency

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Long Goodbye: A Novel”, p.174, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Gay, Mvp, Gold

  "WNBA Star Sheryl Swoopes: I'm Gay", www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2005.

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• I came so far- from nothing to a Super Bowl championship

  Michael Oher

  Super Bowl, Bowls

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• The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning moment because not only were the Tigers winning a world championship that meant so much to an entire city, they were beating the best pitcher I ever saw-Bob Gibson.

  Ernie Harwell

  Single Mom, Winning, Games

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• The one thing that I really want, ... is for our second group to be an energy unit. That's what we had in our championship run, and that's what I think you are starting to see with this group.

  Joe Dumars

  Running, Thinking, Energy

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• But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.

  Sally Pearson

  Taken, Thinking, Would Be

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

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• They're fighting for the championship, that's not a coincidence: I believe they have developed as a team. They've become much stronger, the squad is more balanced. And they still play the way Arsenal always play. They want to have the ball, they like playing it short, and they have outstanding individuals.

  Philipp Lahm

  Team, Believe, Fighting

  "Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm: 'The biggest danger for us is facing Arsenal'". Interview with Raphael Honigstein, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2014.

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• There's a motto, if you fail and fail, you come back and try again. I've had a couple of failures here in America and close calls, especially in Major Championships, and it's great to finally, finally win.

  Colin Montgomerie

  Couple, Winning, America

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• I'm really happy that it's in Russia. I've had a lot of success here. I had my first world championships here when I was younger so I am happy to do the Olympics here. I am really enjoying myself.

  Hayley Wickenheiser

  Russia, Here I Am, World

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