These champion quotes will inspire you. Champion is a person who has defeated or surpassed all rivals in a competition, especially in sports.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging champion quotes, champion sayings, and champion proverbs.
Famous Champion Quotes
- “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” ~ Muhammad Ali
- “Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.” ~ Muhammad Ali
- “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” ~ Muhammad Ali
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“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ~ Michael Jordan
- “The will must be stronger than the skill.” ~ Muhammad Ali
- “Champions are not the ones who always win races – champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. ‘Champion’ is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.” ~ Simon Sinek
- “Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a a desire, a dream, a vision.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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“Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead.” ~ Paula White
- “What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration, and the will to win.” ~ Patty Berg
- “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” ~ Michael Jordan
- “You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.” ~ James J. Corbett
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“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” ~ Jimmy Johnson
- “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when nobody else is looking.” ~ Mia Hamm
- “We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.” ~ Jimmy Carter
- “To be a champion you must act like one, act like a champion.” ~ Lou Ferrigno
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“I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.” ~ Boris Spassky
- “You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who’s ready when the gong rings – not just before, not just after – but when it rings.” ~ Jack Dempsey
- “The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” ~ Mia Hamm
- “It doesn’t matter what the income level of your family is, or if English is the first or second language. It makes no difference. The bottom line is that every child can be an academic champion, an academic champion and a superstar in academics.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
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“It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
- “Be very strong… be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.” ~ Alberto Juantorena
- “Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.” ~ Zig Ziglar
- “Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear” ~ Denis Waitley
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“I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.” ~ Billie Jean King
- “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.” ~ Gene Tunney
- “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.” ~ Mia Hamm
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“To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.” ~ Anatoly Karpov
- “We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.” ~ Anatoly Karpov , World champion quotes
- “I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.” ~ Thomas Hearns
- “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 Michael Glaser
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“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
- “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
- “Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.” ~ Major Taylor
- “My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.” ~ Evander Holyfield
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“I’ve been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.” ~ Floyd Patterson
- “The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.” ~ Martina Navratilova
- “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
- “Inches make a champion.” ~ Vince Lombardi
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“What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.” ~ Mark Spitz
- “I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in ’94, and after that I did Tommy’s tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I’ve just kind of backed off a little.” ~ Elvis Stojko
- “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
- “I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” ~ Mia Hamm , Team champion quotes
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“From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.” ~ Pat Riley
- “I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.” ~ Major Taylor
- “You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they’re on to something else. There’s just not a great love of the sport there” ~ Monica Seles , Champion quotes sports
- “Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.” ~ Wilma Rudolph
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“If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.” ~ Michael Jordan
- “Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.” ~ Steve Backley
- “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
- “Hopefully I can become the Babe Ruth of the World Wrestling Federation and be the champion at the same time.” ~ Hulk Hogan
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“What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.” ~ Steve Nash
- “Each great athlete must someday bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.” ~ Major Taylor
- “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
- “I don’t champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them” ~ Armand Assante
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“I don’t want ever to be champion again.” ~ Boris Spassky
- “I would have been a much more popular World Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.” ~ Jackie Stewart
- “As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.” ~ Nadia Comaneci
- “Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.” ~ Major Taylor
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“Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world’s heavyweight champion.” ~ Gene Tunney
- “Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.” ~ Jonah Goldberg
- “People still look at me as the champion and that’s very important to me.” ~ Marvin Hagler
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“Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.” ~ Boris Spassky
- “I don’t want to be remembered as a beaten champion.” ~ Rocky Marciano
- “I wouldn’t say that there’s ever been an Olympic champion that didn’t deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.” ~ Dorothy Hamill
Champion a winner of first prize or first place in the competition.
