Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ned Colletti

I've had to be street smart since I was a little kid, ... I've had to know who's right, who's wrong, who's pulling my leg, who's got integrity, who I can trust. I've had to live that way my entire life, and because of it, I've been able to separate the good from the bad, the true from the false, the winners from the losers, the champions from the also-rans.

I've dreamed about winning the Race of Champions at Oswego since I was a little kid. It's just super.

Taking the world champions to the last second without a kicker, that's not bad.

It's intimate, like a boudoir. You can pre-order the Champagne and have it waiting for you when you arrive.

It's in the back of our heads. But a true champion focuses on the task at hand, so we take it game-by-game.

Simon Kuper

It's partly due to the overload on modern players, ... All the Dutch are playing in the Champions League or in top European leagues. So it's last week Barcelona, this week Dublin, next week Milan. It's just not that exciting.

It's my dream from when I was a little girl. I've always dreamed to be an Olympic champion. My mom, my daughter and my sister are here. I feel a lot of power from everybody.

Victor Valdes

It's understandable that people are talking a lot about the Champions League but we're really excited about winning this league. It's worth a lot to us even though it isn't being given the importance it should.

Franz Beckenbauer

It's unfortunately a reflection of the general trend in Germany. It's no coincidence that our clubs make early exits from the Champions League. I just hope that we'll have clean matches at the World Cup.

Derek lost to the eventual champion (Jonathan Torres of Windham) in overtime. That match could have gone either way. He's still just a sophomore and all this was a great experience for him.

David is only the sixth four-time champion in Florida history. And he's only the third four-time champion to go undefeated.

It was a national tragedy. It would not be appropriate to have champagne because of the nature of the event.

Patty Schnyder

It will be a classic. She's just one of the great champions of the last 10 years.

Mike Conley

I told him yesterday that he could win this thing. He always had a potential to be a champion at the world level. To see him mentally be tougher than everybody in the field was great.

It seems like everybody wants to take that next step to get better, everyone wants to be a champion, everybody wants to win.

It sends the worst signal to the criminal element if you commute someone. What are other criminals supposed to think ... that if you suddenly write poetry, say all the right things, and find a champion on the outside that you get a 'get out of jail free' card?

It's definitely more significant because it's our last chance to be a state champion. We've all qualified before and we could always say we've got next year. We can't say that this year.

It's definitely a must-win situation if we are wanting to host (as regular season champion).

Jennifer Heil

It's definitely a joy to be Olympic champion. To be Olympic champion you have to go out and earn it. It's an honor to be an Olympic medalist.

It's a milestone. But it's not near as important as winning the game. That would make us district champions and make it extra special.

It kind of surprised me that we won the tournament. I didn't know if we had enough depth, but having five champions really helped.

Ricky Hatton

It's an opportunity to become a double-weight world champion and the owner of three world titles. It is a real fight, a real title and a real opponent.

It's like Ozzie keeps saying. We were world champions last year. . . . We have to play like we never were champions. Let's do it again.

It's going to be fun. It's a stage that our kids have been savoring the whole year -- a chance to knock off the champion on a neutral court.

Andrew Lewis

It's a very challenging champion golf course and has a very nice driving range.

It's been a goal of ours to have a multiple state champion. Glad it happened with him. He's never missed a match. He's never been hurt in four years. He's Mr. Dependable.

It's been a really hard year, ... I'm an Olympic champion yet I've only won one race. I've had a lot of seconds, but there's a lot of expectation when you are an Olympic champion.

It's sad how we bowed out of the Champions League. We should not have lost in the manner we did, but now we must move on.

That's a disincentive to being the undisputed champion.

Each nation has particular strengths and weaknesses in terms of technology adoption. Canada, for instance, is a very impressive market for home networking while Japan is the undisputed champion for mobile phones, with over one-half of all Japanese households using mobile phone features like e-mail or photo messaging every month. Of course long commute times in Japan encourage the use of mobile phone entertainment features.

Martin Jol

Everybody wants us to be in the Champions League because that would be unbelievable. This is in our hands. But we are there and that is the main thing.

That's what makes a champion, the guys who do the little things.

Mike Tyson

Even then I watched him, ... I knew he was a game champion and that he wasn't going to go out like a dog. He went out fighting. Even after that last knockdown he was willing to get up.