Quotes About Achievement

At 19, I was European champion, and at 21, I was world champion. Let's just hope Amir Khan can follow in the same footsteps. I believe he can do it 100%; he's a fantastic talent.

With persistence, dedication, and especially with the hand of God, I came to be recognized as the best player in the world, world champion, among many other important titles in the history of football.

My goal is to become a world champion.

When I was about 12, I realised I wasn't going to make it as a top footballer, but I won my first British ABA title at 13. From then on, I wanted to be a world champion.

I wanted to set new goals, because if you say, 'Oh, I'm world champion,' you don't grow, and you don't keep your level.

I could be a world champion.

You decide whether you want to box on, or not. And for me of course, I wasn't going to be leaving the business until becoming a world champion, and defending it numerous times.

I got to world champion, No 1-rated fighter in the division and managed to earn from the defences.

My first goal was to become world champion and I did that against Ricky Burns at 135. Once I conquered that, I set myself another goal and another goal.

My goal and path is always to get to the mountaintop and be a world champion, and leave a fighting legacy.

I'm chasing gold. And whatever fight can get me closer to being a world champion, those are the fights that I want.

My goal is to prosper and be a world champion and make money and retire and say I did it.

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

The biggest motivation for me is becoming a three-division world champion faster than any other boxer, male or female.

To have a heavyweight world champion from Manchester is something you can only dream of.

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.

I'm going to be world champion and have a belt, and people will correctly be able to say I was the best instead of I was very good.

It sounds strange to be world champion at the Crucible.

When I was 14, I told my careers adviser that I was going to be a world champion boxer. Of course she laughed.

I didn't think every day, 'I'm world champion, I'm world champion,' not at all.

My goals in the future is to not just be in Formula 1. I want to be really successful, World Champion, though I guess this is like everyone! But that is what I'm targeting.

In 2017, I boxed in front of a home crowd in Sheffield and became the WBA super-middleweight world champion. After four attempts I had finally fulfilled my childhood dream, and the experience was as great as I had always imagined it would be. It was without doubt the best moment of my career.

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

I want people to say that Jack Swagger/Jake Hager is a world champion in MMA and in pro wrestling.