Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rocky Marciano

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.

Roberto Duran

I was born to be champion of the world

Salman Rushdie

For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.

Van Jones

As champions of green jobs, we're asking questions that progressives should like, like "How are we going to avoid baking the planet," and "How are we going to create jobs for ordinary Americans?" Meanwhile, we're offering solutions that conservative should like. I'm not calling for more welfare; I'm calling for more work.

Van Jones

Each and every one of us should stop playing small and license ourselves to become one of the giants of the new century. We will need champions by the truckload.

Jesse Jackson

The ground is no place for a champion. The ground is no place that I will wallow on.

Jerry Siegel

Superman! Champion of the oppressed. The physical marvel who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need.

Hillary Clinton

What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used, a guarantee of results.

Hillary Clinton

Americans need a champion and I want to be that champion.

He said that she would have won a distance over two and a quarter miles, or two and a half, but that she was feeling the pinch over three. He is convinced she is not a staying mare but a Champion Hurdle mare.

George is probably as talented or more talented than all the national champions I've had put together. Nothing's easy, but I figured he would win Chicago Golden Gloves. Hopefully now he'll go to Omaha and win a bout or two.

Gene Tunney

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

Ferdinand Marcos

Once a champion, always a champion.

Sometimes you hear about the WPIAL champion having a hard time getting ready for states. I don't see that happening with this team. They'll be ready to play.

Ned Colletti

I've had to live that way my entire life. Because of that, 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.

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 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.

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.