Quotes About Champion

It's not my place to compare myself to greats like Tyson, Frazier or men like that. But I would look at a fighter like Evander Holyfield. He's a great heavyweight who worked his way up through the weight classes to become champion and had to beat bigger men along the way.

When it comes to boxing, I'm a four-time champion in four different weight classes. I did it at the age of 26. You can't down talk that.

As a champion, you are supposed to embody professionalism for the entire weight division.

If I could unify my second weight division, that would be huge.

We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started that rumor. I noticed if I did weights a couple of times a week, I would be able to hit that jab a lot longer. After sparring, everybody's gone, and I sneak into the weight room. Spend 40 minutes in there lifting weights.

Even as a teenager, I wanted to move up the weights and win belts.

We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political voice where they can champion, for their own welfare. And, of course, for us. United Nations - organizations, agencies - we need to do our part.

To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

I'm here to fight for the well-being of Canadians across the country.

I'd love to have a lasting impact as far as growing the game. It would be cool to be remembered as a major champion. I'd like to be remembered as a great golfer but also a great person, as far as growing the game and charity work. The whole well-rounded athlete.

Exactly, everyone knows me as a striker, but I want to show I'm a more well-rounded fighter so I can get some of the big fights with the top fighters.

The overall goal is to be a well-rounded fighter. It's to be the heavyweight Jon Jones. It's to be Cain Velasquez.

It's Alabama. They've been the powerhouse. The face of college football.

To portray not only a boxer but a boxer like Roberto Duran, I needed to understand all the difficulties and the pressures of the sport itself.

Daniel Cormier has been a model champion. He will be a champion for the rest of his life.

Daniel Crawford, who was BAMMA featherweight champion, used to train with me.

Much respect to Daniel Cormier, he's a hell of an athlete and hell of a champion.

When I decided to become a bodybuilder, I actually marked down a date. It was Oct. 8, 2002. The rest is pretty much history. It was an amazing feeling to know that I had the potential to become a champion.

I've been trying to be champion since day one.

There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500.

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

Keith Thurman No. 1, Errol Spence No. 2 and everything else is debatable.

In the 46-48 kg. category, I know every boxer, and I defeat them whenever I fight them.