Famous Quotes & Sayings

Getting here was hard, winning here was really hard. For us to be the champion, I don't think there's a word for it.

Shaun Pollock

Freddie is a champion from that perspective, he was really keen to go in,

Zab Judah

I don't understand why Floyd spent all this time trying to make a fight with Winky, ... I am the undisputed welterweight world champion -- just seven pounds heavier than Floyd -- and he wants to move to 154 and face a man with no titles? I don't get it.

Ben Crenshaw

I enjoy playing here so much. It's meant so much to me. I've been fortunate to be a champion here. With Carl, my caddy who is just a great friend, a wonderful person. We're just enjoying being here, really.

I don't think it's an issue, I don't think there's any question right now of players being rested for the Champions Trophy.

Gary Neville

I don't think it is right for us at Manchester United to be talking about winning the European Cup. Over the last few years we have slipped a noose round our own necks by consistently saying we have to win the Champions League because we have not won it since 1999. What we should be doing is concentrating on the Premiership.

I have been champion for a long time and I am more surprised by how long it has been. I always knew it would end one day.

I have been a champion with every team I have played with,

I feel good that I'm able to be one of the few people that can be in the 1,000 meters and still potentially be the 10,000-meter Olympic champion as well. The better my start gets, the more competitive I'm going to be.

Roberto Carlos

I feel sure we are going to win either the league or the Champions League. We are a much tougher team that we were at the start of the season and a lot more dangerous.

I have complete confidence that our National League West champion Padres will come from behind,

Hideki Matsui

I have decided not to join up with the national squad. . . . The reason I decided to go to the United States was to try and become a world champion with the Yankees, and I fear that chasing two goals might get in the way of that dream.

Liu Xiang

I have been used to that. It happened frequently. It is normal to have the Olympic champion tested.

I'd like to wrap it up with three in a row and be national champions next year.

Jay Wright

I don't know what to expect, except that these are champions coming back to prove themselves. I know it's going to be everything they've got. The good thing is, that's how they play anyway. I don't know how much more they can bring.

Ian Botham

I don't know what the Champions Trophy is all about.

Haile Gebrselassie

I can learn a lot from Paul. I need him to get his opinions. There are other good runners ? the Olympic and world champion and the London Marathon winner ? but with Paul there, it's good for us.

Antonio Tarver

I am after the big killers in the heavyweight division. I want to retire as the heavyweight champion of the world,

Seve Ballesteros

My intention is to compete until I'm 54. So if I join the Champions Tour, it will only be for four years - no more than that. I'm in the golf course design business. This is my future. I'd rather go to a place where there is nothing and design a golf course. This will be a good legacy for me to leave.

Ocean Champions has the potential to be one of the most transformative things we've ever done in the whole conservation movement.

One year ago they (the players) were just happy to play. Some didn't even know what the Tournament of Champions was.

On June 17, everybody is going to see clearly who's the real champion.

Bruce Feiler

I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our role as champions of freedom, to our place as a country that welcome immigrants.

Financing the transfer is impossible. We could only justify the move if we were guaranteed to play in the Champions League for the next three seasons. There is no guarantee of that.

When you get down to tournament time, the difference between the winners, the champions and the people who go home are the people who can win the games when they're not playing well. In tournament play, we'll take any win that we can get, anyway, anyhow.

Michael Campbell

The previous champions are all of the greats in golf,

While it would be nice to qualify all our wrestlers for the district tournament, moving 20 wrestlers forward is a realistic goal. We are very fortunate to be returning several USAW Kansas Kids and high school state champions and medalists to this tournament series. We expect to have several of our wrestlers medal high at subs.

Paul Rodriguez

We're talking about champions when there were real weight classes, too. Now, you can have a light lunch and be eligible to fight for a title in a heavier division.

We had a strong league tournament. I was hoping the kids would put it together by the end and they did. We finished second in the tournament point-wise but we had the most champions and the most finalists. I think all the kids wrestled very well. Most of them wrestled up to their potential. Like anything else there were a couple of disappointments and situations where the kids might have fared better but they didn't.

We've had reports of hail in the Champions area, lots of lightning. It's a dangerous storm.

Sharad Pawar

We all want to resolve issues and organize a successful Champions Trophy in India this year, but some venues have contractual obligations.

There is nothing more extraordinary than being champion. There have been many highs and lows. Now we are entering into legend.

We will discuss with the owners whether we go for the French Champion Hurdle.