Famous Quotes & Sayings

This community takes this tournament very personal, and we think the Champions Tour can be a home run. There's so much name recognition, including many of our past champions, some of whom called to say they would love to come back to Hartford and play in front of large crowds again.

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.

Chris Pronger

It's a huge disappointment. We were the defending gold medal champions and you want to repeat and have that feeling again, but everybody was gunning for us.

LenDale White

It's all about how you finish. We preach that here. This is the heart of a champion, how champions are born. The blowout games are cool and fun, but this is a game you have to fight and scratch for everything you want.

I told them that they were champions. They had a great year, and they're state champions in my mind.

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.

Chris Morris

Everybody in the conference has a chance to win it. The team that makes the fewest mistakes down the road is going to be the champion of this league.

Everyone's gunning for you when you're a champion.

Every fighter will get knocked down, but a champion gets back up -- every time. And that's what Zach is -- he's a true champion.

After he got over the shock of the loss, he handled it very maturely. He didn't make excuses. He just went out and worked hard. That's why he's a state champion today.

Alan Shearer

After being knocked out of the Champions League, which was a huge disappointment, the players sat down, had a meeting and said that the only way to get over that defeat was to win the UEFA Cup. That situation hasn't changed.

Caroline Kennedy

a courageous fighter for working families; a voice for the elderly; a champion of all who have been left out, or locked out, of America's promise.

We had some early matches that could have closed the gap on Edgar, but you have to hand it to them. They did what they had to do. Four champions is pretty good and Jeremiah winning his third is impressive.

We went through this last year. ... We're not going to get into wild-card formulas. The magic number has got to be zero to celebrate. It is one. ... It's a great feeling to know we're going to play in October, but we've always been taught you're a champion when it gets to zero.

We could only justify it if we were guaranteed Champions League football for the next three seasons. There is no guarantee.

Evan is a great competitor and exceptionally dedicated. He's a great example for our program and a champion regardless of the outcome.

Even if a fraction of the people following the sport take it up seriously, we would have many more champions in the discipline.

Brian Smith

Five of our guys have a state finalist or returning state champion in their weight.

Hernan Crespo

First of all, I have to thank Milan, but I know that the result has been the fruit of my efforts and my hard work. It has been a fantastic season, and I'm happy. It's a pity about the Champions League final.

There's no doubt the worthy champion this year was the Melbourne Tigers.

There's no one more competitive, ... He's the ultimate champion and competitor. He's going to have to really fight that when things don't go as great as he wants them to. I think it's going to help us players to have that. He's not going to settle for people going through the motions or not executing.

Jim Calhoun

There's no good losses, no moral victories, nothing of that nature. But the champion in them did come out. They weren't going away without trying to win a game.

Hasim Rahman

Vitali retired so there is no question who the champion is,

As a former champion and fan favorite, Mary's presence on court will be missed by everyone here in Charleston.

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

This team is the world champion and the Olympic champion. We didn't get that for free.

What options expensing will determine is job creation and job loss, ... This is why we are debating it so strongly and I'm proud to champion it.

Michael Ball

They are a club of Champions League stature and, when someone like Guus Hiddink calls, you listen to what is said.

The way I look at it, I expect him to repeat as state champion, I'll put it that way because I think he earned the state title. I have no doubt he'll do it again, but this time he'll have the gold medal to show for it.

It was the worst game we played in my three years here. It would be huge to gain back the respect we lost. They?re a good team, a league champion and playoff team.

Marcel Desailly

It was this year or never. Even if I am mistaken I don't think Lyon will win the Champions League. That elimination in those conditions will pull the rug from under their feet.

The Tournament of Champions in New York is where I won my first tournament. It is where I wanted to retire.

Joe Calzaghe

I've defended my title for eight years, let's see if Ricky is still champion in four years,