Quotes About Champion

I know a lot of people want to see me fight in Italy.

If I wasn't a champion, I'd still be in jail. That makes me try very hard.

I did want to lock each game up before Final Jeopardy, to avoid losing to a bad bounce in that round.

I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation.

Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.

When I say I am going to win a world title, I mean it; when I say I'll fight the best, I mean it; I say I'll fight Joe Calzaghe because I wanted to. When he vacated, I lost sleep over that. It had nothing to do with money or the belt. He was renowned as the best super-middleweight in the world and that is what I want to be.

My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.

I'm the one. I know I'm the one. I have the style, I have the wrestling. I know I'm the one to beat Demetrious Johnson.

Look at guys like Demetrious Johnson, who's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why isn't he on the largest pay scale? Why are there people that aren't even champions making more money?

Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion, so I took part of his name. I admired Rocky Marciano, so I took part of his name.

I volunteered to join Mr. Trump's campaign because he is a champion of working families, not Washington-Wall Street elites.

I'm a 15-time national champion, so for me I had a long, competitive dancing career before joining 'Dancing With the Stars.'

Fortunately, my talent is on loan from God. You see, I'm half-man, half-amazing, which is what allowed me to become United States Champion in less than a year after joining WWE.

Bobby announced that he'd never again participate in a Candidates tournament, because the FIDE system made it impossible for any but a Soviet player to win.

What would they think if they knew that their champion - the Hero of Ages, their savior - doubted himself? Perhaps they wouldn't be shocked at all. In a way, this is what worries me most. Maybe, in their hearts, they wonder - just as I do. When they see me, do they see a liar?

I'm the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

To believe in a child is to believe in the future. Through their aspirations they will save the world. With their combined knowledge the turbulent seas of hate and injustice will be calmed. They will champion the causes of life's underdogs, forging a society without class discrimination. They will supply humanity with music and beauty as it has never known. They will endure.

I've held the title for years and years.

Years and years ago, Jon Jones was untouchable. You couldn't win a round against him.

Yes, I played in '92 with the original Dream Team, and then again in '96 with what they labeled 'Dream Team III.'

The ultimate goal for me is to be the world champion - it's all I've wanted to do since I was a kid - so when the money that comes with it is life-changing, yes, that's nice, but get The Ring magazine belt, being considered the world champion, is something money can't buy.

To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It's about embracing the pain that you'll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.

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.

My favorite Duke player ever is Steve Wojciechowski. He called me one day congratulating me on my success thus far, and I was like,'I appreciate it, but man, please don't congratulate me. I know when you guys start the season, you're not just trying to be 10-10 or ACC champions, you're trying to win it all.'