Championship Quotes - Page 13

• The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it.

  Mikhail Tal

  Dream, Thinking, Play

  Mikhail Tal (2011). “Tal-Botvinnik 1960: Match For the World Chess Championship”, p.9, SCB Distributors

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• When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no idea what that means and you only sort of picture it. It is hard to imagine that I waited all those years and it happened in a late stage of my career.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Mean, Kids, Years

  "Devil's Advocate: Viswanathan Anand on mind games". CNN-IBN interview, en.chessbase.com. May 13, 2008.

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• In the current FIDE World Championship, on the knock-out system, weaker players have good chances. Those, who in a long match would practically have no chance, here may creep through.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Player, Long, World

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• Looking at the championship-winning quarterbacks, Edwards remembered their particular talents: Gary Sheide: The image of Joe Namath. He even had Joe's number. Had just a great feel and touch for the game. A great athlete who could play all the sports. He was more of a streak guy than any of them. He could miss two or three passes and then get hot and hit ten straight. He was the one who got it all started.

  LaVell Edwards

  Sports, Athlete, Winning

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• And the vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere ... It's an unbelievable feeling.

  Micky Arison

  Adversity, Nba Championships, Feelings

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• During one of the 4th quarter huddles, LeBron said to him, 'It doesn't matter what happens to this point. No one is going to remember how many points you had or what type of game you had. Just help us make some plays to win this thing.' And he made some big plays.

  Erik Spoelstra

  Winning, Nba Championships, Games

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• Championships are mythical. The real champions are those who live through what they are taught in their homes and churches. The attitude that 'We've got to win' in sports must be changed. Teach your youngsters, who are the future hope of America, the importance of love, respect, dedication, determination, self-sacrifice, self-discipline and good attitude. That's the road up the ladder to the championships.

  Jesse Owens

  Sports, Determination, Attitude

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• Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied.

  Sparky Anderson

  Leadership, Sports, Baseball

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• Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered the phone suggested that I might be a great candidate for the Travel and Training fund, and she sent me an application form. I applied for a grant. With the funds I was awarded, I bought a new pair of skates and a plane ticket to the 1988 National Championships, where I achieved my highest national finish. Four years later, I won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Leadership, Sports, New York

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• Learn from your mistakes, make adjustments, and go out and compete again. That's the mark of championship spirit.

  Randy Couture

  Mistake, Spirit, Mark

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• It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter.

  Phil Jackson

  Team, Creativity, Winning

  Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty (2013). “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success”, p.10, Penguin

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• As good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks. I used to get mad because nobody else would play Miami. Notre Dame would play them, then drop them. Florida dropped them. Penn State dropped them. We would play Miami and lose by one point on a missed field goal, and it would knock us out of the National Championship. I didn’t want to play them, either, but I had to play them. That’s why I said, 'When I die, They’ll say, ‘At least he played Miami.'

  Bobby Bowden

  Winning, Florida, Play

  "The case for FSU's dynasty" by Mark Schlabach, www.espn.com. December 25, 2012.

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• At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.

  Bear Bryant

  Team, Winning, Player

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• Two beautiful women crashing and burning for the sake of the Women's Championship!!!

  Jim Ross

  Beautiful, Wwe, Two

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• Roddy how many times have you won a World Championship?

  Randy Orton

  Wwe, World

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• Winning the Championship is like taking a 26-year ball and chain from around our legs. Now we can go forward, and hopefully dominate English football for the next 10 years, like Liverpool did.

  Bryan Robson

  Soccer, Football, Winning

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• You're measured by championships no matter what.

  Candace Parker

  Matter, No Matter What

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• I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Winning, World, Hurdle

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• Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships.

  Brian Clough

  League, Coaching, Cups

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• All that's missing for Utah is a blindfold and a cigarette.

  Bob Costas

  Nba Championships, Utah, Missing

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• Big Poppa Pump is your hook up, and the next heavyweight championship of the world!

  Scott Steiner

  Funny, Wwe, Heavyweights

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• Now I'm a little hurt. Let me check my tears in the reflection of my championship gold.

  The Miz

  Hurt, Reflection, Wwe

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• The only thing championship about Wimbledon is its prestige.

  John McEnroe

  Wimbledon, Prestige

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• I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.

  Rudy Giuliani

  New York, Yankees, Cities

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• I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything.

  Michael Jordan

  Winning, Firsts, Cigar

  "One-on-One with Michael Jordan". Interview with Marvin R. Shanken, www.cigaraficionado.com. July/August 2005.

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