Quotes About Victory

I've been very clear. I won. I didn't commit the crime.

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

Do not speak defeat, speak victory.

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair

It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.

I haven't celebrated coming in No. 2 too many times.

One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.

Sports is about people who lose and lose and lose. They lose games; then they lose their jobs. It can be very intriguing.

There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.

I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.

When I entered the sport of boxing I wanted to be one of the best and be undefeated. And I was able to attain that, not just one championship title, but four.

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes

When someone like Brian Oldfield can beat me, I will retire.

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.

Winning is a great deodorant.

When youre on top, youre on top.

There's a confidence and a mental toughness that comes from the very highest level of competition, whatever the sport is. Whether it's boxing or wrestling, or whatever.