True Champion Quotes

• True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, Sports, Athlete

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• A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.

  Dot Richardson

  Softball, Sports, Dream

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  Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A true champion can adapt to anything.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Champion, Martial Arts

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

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• Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Soccer, Sports

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• A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation.

  Misty Hyman

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• A true champion is not only formed in victory. To be defeated makes you learn.

  Renan Barao

  Mma, Champion, Victory

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• A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.

  Dot Richardson

  Softball, Sports, Dream

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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

  John Cena

  Adversity, Champion, Faces

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• Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.

  T. D. Jakes

  Hard Work, Winning, Practice

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  I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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• A true champion and athlete is never satisfied with their performance. You can always do more and always improve.

  Clay Guida

  Athlete, Champion, Satisfied

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• The Most Important Thing I Know About the Spirit of Sport... It instills in us the ability to recognize and appreciate the talents of others as well as the gifts we have been given and the ability to work with others as a team. It also allows us to face the challenge of competition, learn from our successes and failures, altogether making us true champions in life.

  Dot Richardson

  Success, Sports, Team

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• You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time.

  Gail Devers

  Giving Up, Race, Champion

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Adversity, Mma, Champion

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• A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

  Bas Rutten

  Sweat, Champion, Exhaustion

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

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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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• People know I was the last true champion.

  Lennox Lewis

  People, Champion, Lasts

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• I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

  Gerry Cooney

  Careers, Champion, Three

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

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• True champions are team players.

  Alan Cohen

  Success, Sports, Team

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• It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

  Garth Stein

  Thinking, Our World, Champion

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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• If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Inspiration, Athlete

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