Championship Quotes - Page 5

• I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short, but I've got 10 All-Star games, two World Series championships, and I'm a very happy and contented guy. It doesn't matter what your height is, it's what's in your heart.

  Kirby Puckett

  Stars, Heart, Games

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• I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.

  Steve Blake

  Years, Nba, Two

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• A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Winning, Careers

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• I saw this college team bowling championship. Each team had their own coach. What kind of strategy advice is a bowling coach giving? "You know what? This time Timmy, I want you to knock down all the pins." "You sure?" "Trust me. Just do it son!"

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Team, Son

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• I had gotten rid of the crying when I got to high school, though it happened again when I was a junior. We lost in the state championship. It was kind of the same situation, camera in my face, and then that's when I realized it was over I had my moment.

  Chris Bosh

  School, Cameras, Juniors

  "Not a Third Wheel: A GQ&A with Chris Bosh". Interview with Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. January 12, 2012.

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• Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.

  Bill Bradley

  Basketball, Sports, Selfish

  Bill Bradley (2010). “Life on the Run”, p.75, RosettaBooks

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• People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, People, Cookies

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• Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Winning, Games

  Pat Head Summitt (1998). “Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do”, Broadway

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• When Paul Brown talked contract, the championship game was part of it. We took the championship game for granted.

  Otto Graham

  Football, Games, Nfl

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• A champion plays the game; a spectator observes, criticizes and never really gets to live. A champion knows what he or she wants and goes after it with carefully calculated goals and no-holds-barred action. A spectator feels that his or her life is not their own. They let others dictate their destiny. They become victims of life instead of masters of it.

  Bruce Jenner

  Destiny, Games, Play

  Bruce Jenner, Mark Seal (1999). “Finding the Champion Within: A Step-by-Step Plan for Reaching Your Full Potential”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

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• If St. Andrews is the home of golf, I think Pebble Beach feels like the home of American golf, like the home of championship golf. It has a real sense of history here.

  Stewart Cink

  Beach, Real, Home

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• Every championship, by definition, is historic.

  George Vecsey

  Definitions, Historic

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• They've been a thorn in our side, but we're playing for more than just revenge. We're coming out and playing for the Big Ten tournament championship. If we beat them, that'll be great.

  Shannon Brown

  Revenge, Sides, Beats

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• I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries.

  Shawn Johnson

  Pain, Struggle, Games

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• Winning isn't always championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Winning, Champion

  "Jordan returns to NBA". www.wired.com. September 25, 2001.

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• I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

  Michael Jordan

  Winning, Player, Thinking

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• Stellar teams are invariably made up of quirky individuals who typically rub each other raw, but they figure out - with the spiritual help of a gifted leader - how to be their peculiar selves and how to win championships as a team...at the same time.

  Tom Peters

  Motivational, Teamwork, Spiritual

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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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• I decided on a vision. I think I maybe join Toyota at the midpoint of a project, whose long-term goal is winning world championships. Also I have my big ambition, the drivers' world championship. That is not abandoned - entirely the opposite. I am young enough and motivated enough to make a new start in order to reach this goal.

  Michael Schumacher

  Ambition, Winning, Thinking

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• In Phil's case, I was personally thrilled he came back, because I think it's huge for the league. When you think about what he's done and how many championships he's won, there's always drama when he comes back in.

  Gregg Popovich

  Basketball, Drama, Thinking

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• I can see Sue and I leading this team to many more championships...We're going to take this and learn from it. We worked too hard for this.

  Lauren Jackson

  Basketball, Team, Hard

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• Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Nba Championships, Philadelphia

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• We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors

  Pat Summitt

  Girl, Volleyball, Winning

  Pat Summitt (2012). “Raise the Roof”, p.15, Three Rivers Press

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• It's torturous what my siblings put me through. I can take any Olympic final, I can fight in a world championship and fall behind and win in sudden death, but when it comes to my siblings, it's out of my control. There's not much I can do.

  Steven Lopez

  Sibling, Fall, Fighting

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• Of course they remember. But it's not gonna be about revenge; it's gonna be about the Big Ten championship.

  Shannon Brown

  Revenge, Remember, Bigs

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