In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best. Althea Gibson American Athlete More Althea Gibson Quotes 3
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. Billie Jean King American Athlete More Billie Jean King Quotes 3
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday. Wilma Rudolph American Athlete More Wilma Rudolph Quotes 2
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion. Jean Claude Killy More Jean Claude Killy Quotes 1
It seems like everybody wants to take that next step to get better, everyone wants to be a champion, everybody wants to win. Will Proctor More Will Proctor Quotes 1
I have the goal in my life to be a sports champion, ... It was very important to win because, right now, that's the fight to become number one in the IBF and WBO. It is my goal and now I'm in the position to fight for the championship. Wladimir Klitschko More Wladimir Klitschko Quotes 1
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. Billie Jean King American Athlete More Billie Jean King Quotes 0
I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane! Bob Livingston American Politician More Bob Livingston Quotes 0
You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up. Gene Mauch American Athlete More Gene Mauch Quotes 0
My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers. Olivier Martinez French Actor More Olivier Martinez Quotes 0
What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well. John McEnroe American Athlete More John McEnroe Quotes 0
I have no great urge to be minister of this or minister of that, but instead would feel incredible blessed to have the opportunity to be a champion for a constituency and fight for their cause. Adam Rickitt British Actor More Adam Rickitt Quotes 0
I think a good MP is someone who cares for their community and becomes their champion, which is why I will make my home in any seat I am lucky enough to be selected for. Looks play no part in the equation, what matters is your ideas and connecting them to the electorate. Adam Rickitt British Actor More Adam Rickitt Quotes 0
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. Pat Riley American Coach More Pat Riley Quotes 0
There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning. Pat Riley American Coach More Pat Riley Quotes 0
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice. Mark Pryor American Politician More Mark Pryor Quotes 0
The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion. George Foreman American Athlete More George Foreman Quotes 0
First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford. Paul M. Glaser More Paul M. Glaser Quotes 0
Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. Jonah Goldberg American Celebrity More Jonah Goldberg Quotes 0
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it. Oliver Goldsmith Irish Poet More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes 0
If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart. Chris Evert American Athlete More Chris Evert Quotes 0
Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion. Robert Goulet American Musician More Robert Goulet Quotes 0
What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at. Rafer Johnson American Athlete More Rafer Johnson Quotes 0
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. Marion Jones American Athlete More Marion Jones Quotes 0