Quotes About Competition

I was K-1 world champion.

Maybe I wish I could be out there on the big occasions playing like I did at my peak, but I certainly don't miss the six and seven hours a day practice that went hand in hand with being world champion in the nineties - or losing to guys knowing that it would never have happened when I was at my best.

I think being world number one and world champion, pressure comes with that.

I'm not going to say I was Britain's greatest ever world champion. I think Joe Calzaghe was the best - although I think I fought a lot better fighters.

It sounds strange to be world champion at the Crucible.

Since I've lived in Barcelona, I've played a bit of padel, so maybe I'll become World Champion at that - joking, of course!

When I become world champion, what do I need? I need opponents, I need someone to pick a venue, negotiate a date, and I need a promoter.

Once I'm world Champion we can think about what fights are fun rather than fights that need to take place.

I'm a world champion, I've beaten everyone I've been in with and I want to test myself.

I played against men most of my life because our goal was that I wanted to reach the highest potential to be an absolute world champion.

I'm the type of guy where I feel like if you throw me in against the guy that's gonna be my hardest match-up, I think that's gonna bring out the best in me, and I know that the best of me can beat anybody on any given day to become the world champion.

All I want is to be a world champion and I will take on anyone to achieve that.

It's a very slippery slope when you have a world champion boxer fighting an MMA guy for the sake of money, and he can't knock him out in the first round. He has to make sure he carries him a little bit.

I'm here at Madison Square Garden as world champion and have a world champion's mentality, the pressures on to defend my belt - this is what champions do.

By 2002 we might be championship challengers. But I want to race fast. I want to become world champion myself.

Anyone who is not trying to be the world champion is wasting their time.

Every player's dream is to play Champions League and the World Cup.

You can play basketball and have a magic night and score 40 points with your team-mates and win the game. There are favourites for the World Cup, but you can't guarantee Germany, Spain, or Brazil will win, but here, everyone can guarantee that Mercedes or Ferrari will win the race, and this is very sad for the sport.

To go to a World Cup is a dream come true, and I can claim to have experienced that four times.

When I took on the title sponsorship of the Western European League and the World Cup Final in October 2010, I did it because I love the sport and I love horses. It has proved to be a perfect match for the Reem Acra brand.

The World Cup is a tough tournament.

People think that the Club World Cup is an easy competition, but it's not.

A World Cup is always a bit of a watershed for teams, so there will be new faces and players given the chance to perform at a higher level.

I've always said the World Cup is a dream for any player.