Quotes About Contender

The difference between the BNP and Labour is that the BNP was always a fringe party, never a contender for power.

The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.

We want to make the Cleveland Cavaliers a perennial champion and contender. We want people to be part of the franchise for long periods of time if they fit our culture, no matter who they are, whether it's LeBron or anybody that contributes.

I'd be a fool to surrender, when I know I can be a contender. And if everyone's a contender, then everyone could be a winner.

I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.

Kelvin Gastelum, there's many ways I can classify his style. I like it. He's improved. One thing I can say is that he's improved over his run in the UFC from 'The Ultimate Fighter' and now being a contender. But his style? It's very Mexican. You have the Mexican style of boxing, and he has a Mexican style of MMA, like smart Mexican style.

I've written on public matters, but I don't understand how anyone could tout me as a possible poet laureate when I wrote a poem on the abdication of King Charles III or about the sex life of the Royals... anybody who knew my work would know I'm not a contender.

I've had a great run. I've been a world champ. I've been a top contender. I've been a poster boy for the organization, for sponsorships, been able to do a lot.

I called out Rafael Dos Anjos in Brazil, so he could be a potential contender. People don't talk about Jorge Masvidal enough. He'd be a great fight: he comes to fight.

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

If Amanda Nunes truly wants an opportunity at the 145-lb. belt, a win against any ranked contender in that division would help establish her back in a weight class she left before fighting me.

Obviously UFC was one of those kind of dreams that we weren't sure if we were ever going to reach, so for us, the biggest belt was the Cage Contender belt.

I believe if I beat 'Jacare' I'm going to be a contender for the title shot.

As far as Nurmagomedov, I just don't get how you become the No. 1 contender without actually fighting guys who are ranked in the top 10. It kind of baffles me.

I'm probably one of the best players in the world and there should be expectation when you're in contention to be able to continue to play well in that situation.

It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender!

McGregor was never a champion of anything. He defeated the champion and left.

Everybody knows the day I beat Diego Chaves, I became the WBA interim world titlist, which made me the No. 1 contender for whomever was the WBA titlist.

It is long overdue that we have a woman as a legitimate contender for the White House. But Hillary Clinton is the definition of the establishment so many are determined to reject.

What is feasible - and guys do this - is to be in contention every single week.

Before fascism could become a serious contender, one chief would have to emerge as the "gatherer"—the one able to shove his rivals aside and assemble in one tent all the (nonsocialist) discontented.

For the contender religion is a sword, for the defender it is a shield.

I can walk into a restaurant and knock five guys out, become 5-0 real quick. It's about the quality of opponent. You have to beat the right guys to call yourself the No. 1 contender.

Sometimes when a champ wins, there's a debate about who should be next for him or her.