Championship Quotes - Page 23

• I stay patient. I don't go out there and try to set a course record. That's probably one of my strengths and one reason I've been able to win major championships.

  Annika Sorenstam

  Winning, Trying, Records

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• I've never experienced- besides the birth of my two daughters-the feeling of winning a world championship in New York in the new stadium. It's something I'll never forget.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Daughter, New York, Winning

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• When I leave the NBA, I don't want my legacy to be, 'He won a championship ring.' I want my legacy to say: 'He played for the people. He gave everybody in the world hope that they can be just like him.'

  Gilbert Arenas

  Nba, People, Legacy

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• I want to be remembered as a championship football player.

  Brian Urlacher

  Football, Player, Want

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• I went from junior hockey to the World Junior Championships to the combine and the draft, to the Blackhawks camp, and then a full NHL season and then the World Championships. At nineteen, that's exhausting.

  Patrick Kane

  Hockey, Nhl, Nineteen

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• Every step of the way I think you learn something that makes you a better player, and all those lessons really come out when it matters the most in a championship.

  Stephen Curry

  Player, Thinking, Lessons

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• You've got to be a Lakers fan growing up in L.A. with all these championships.

  Akeem Ayers

  Growing Up, Fans, Lakers

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• Inches make champions.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Adversity, Champion

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• So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not going to kill my players either. You really start to realize there's a lot more to what we're trying to do then winning games

  Geno Auriemma

  Basketball, Winning, Player

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• We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the world.

  Gregg Popovich

  Basketball, Eye, Two

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• I'm not a player, I'm an alien. I wasn't actually there. I was in another galaxy with my galactic friends. My focus is on winning championships. I don't focus on anything else. Aliens only want to win championships. That's it. Injuries is not a focus. Trade talk is not a focus. Nothing is a focus. Gluten-free pasta is not a focus, which I would rather have gluten-free pasta. Hey, if I have to have regular pasta. ... It is what it is. I'm still going to try to win a championship. Nothing will distract me from my focus, my galactic mind.

  Metta World Peace

  Winning, Player, Focus

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• I want to win a championship and to win the Indy 500 makes me want it so much more.

  Scott Dixon

  Winning, Want, Indy 500

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• Every time that I've won a championship I've looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said 'You know what, I'm going to win it this year. I feel that way now.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Winning, Years

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• In this millennium that we live in, the 'Hack-a-Shaq'has proven not to work. It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn't work - not at all.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Couple, Games

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• I've got a Championship game to play and I'm excited about the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it.

  Les Miles

  Football, Strong, Team

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• The first win came very quick, and I didnt know what it meant to win a major championship. I was a teenager, I was very young. I didnt know what I was doing. I just needed some time to get settled in on the tour.

  Inbee Park

  Teenager, Winning, Firsts

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• A man is seldom more manly than when he is what you call unmanned,--the source of his emotion is championship, pity, and courage; the instinctive desire to cherish those who are innocent and unhappy, and defend those who are tender and weak.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Men, Tears, Unhappy

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Miscellanies: The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers”, p.130

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• I want to win four or five championship rings. That's how I dream. I dream big.

  Adrian Peterson

  Dream, Winning, Nfl

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• Every game's a championship game. When we focus that way, get prepared that way-that this is it, you know, this is the last one, the biggest one-you get ready, you get amped up, you get that laser focus and you're ready to play.

  Russell Wilson

  Games, Play, Nfl

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• We're not going to do anything different for this game since we're not treating this game any different than another game. Every game is a championship game for us, so we'll treat this one, the last one and the next one exactly the same. And that goes for our practices leading up to it as well.

  Pete Carroll

  Practice, Games, Nfl

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• In terms of professionally what I want to do, I want to play 15-plus more years, get to the Hall of Fame, and win a lot of championships and all that. I'd love to be the owner of a team one day. But it's way bigger than that. For me, my vision is how can I affect somebody positively every day? When you focus on other people, somehow good things happen to you. I think that's my goal. That's my vision.

  Russell Wilson

  Team, Winning, Thinking

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• Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.

  Mia Hamm

  Sports, Awards, World

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• They need to do two things if they’re going to be great and win a championship: take the ball away and keep teams out of the end zone. You have those two things, that’s the recipe for a championship.

  Willie McGinest

  Team, Winning, Two

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• It would be easier if I didn't even make the playoffs, it would hurt less. But then I start thinking about how much fun it is.

  LeBron James

  Hurt, Fun, Thinking

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• You lose in the Finals, they're all disappointing. Doesn't matter if I'm playing in Miami, Cleveland or on Mars. You lose the Finals, it's disappointing.

  LeBron James

  Nba Championships, Cleveland, Finals

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