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Quotes About World

The First World became a popular phrase in about the 1970s and '80s. The World Bank then began categorizing countries in different categories, advanced to the least developed.
~ Lee Kuan Yew
I love the people to see me as gold medal, Hall of Fame, world champion that knows how to make the world news and how to come from oldest counrty in the world to be most famous Iranian in the history.
~ The Iron Sheik
He has been a world champion - great for him - but listen, whenever Lennox Lewis wants to come out of retirement, I'm here waiting for him because I'm the best British fighter to come out of these shores.
~ Tyson Fury
To my mind ClickThings, and John Underwood are world champion caliber, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to partner with them.
~ Boomer Esiason
For me, being world champion, you have to put your body through these extreme tests, day in and day out. So when Sunday comes around, that's the day when I pamper myself. I might get a massage or go to a spa.
~ Daniel Jacobs
I've been training mixed martial arts and kickboxing so I think that will give me better overall conditioning to become a world champion.
~ Bob Sapp
I've experienced success, I've experienced failure, I've been a world champion, I've fought all over the world; I think I've experienced enough that I won't get in front of a million people and get gunshy.
~ Eddie Alvarez
I have nothing bad to say about Briedis. His style is a bit boring, but I respect him. Briedis is a world champion, so he has to be good.
~ Oleksandr Usyk
The Jens Pulver fight was one that was on a massive level: I was a world champion fighting a former world champion, and a guy that I looked up to. We had a great fight.
~ Urijah Faber
A guy like AJ Styles is obviously a great talent and he's going to go out there and put on a performance that's befitting of a man who is the World Champion.
~ Austin Aries
To have a heavyweight world champion from Manchester is something you can only dream of.
~ Ricky Hatton
I've been asked many times, do you regret never having been the world champion, you know? I kind of laugh. I say well, you know, this business is a work. It's like, none of those guys are ever really the world wrestling champion. The titles are props in this business.
~ Ted DiBiase Sr.
To become a world champion, to defeat Anderson Silva, to accomplish my goal in one night, it was a super surreal feeling.
~ Chris Weidman
There is a world of difference between being a reality TV star and a world champion boxer.
~ Joe Calzaghe
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!
~ Toni Duggan
I think Cormier's one of the greatest to ever do it. Two-time, two-division world champion.
~ Dana White
Trout is no journeyman. He's a former world champion, someone who has a name and he comes to fight.
~ Jermell Charlo
Aljo has already beaten a former world champion in Renan Barao, and I thought he fought masterfully, using all these ranges beautifully. He's like the Black Panther showing the world who he is.
~ Matt Serra
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.
~ Rocky Fielding
Having sport allowed me to forget about the ups and downs of my condition and think about a set goal, which was to become a Paralympic champion, to become a world champion.
~ Kadeena Cox
You can evaluate your competitiveness and your potential in international competitions like the World Cup.
~ Cedi Osman
It is a big achievement to win a medal at the World Cup. Winning a medal is like doing well at Wimbledon, in tennis. It is one of the biggest shooting competitions in the world.
~ Abhinav Bindra
Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.
~ Daley Thompson
Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it.
~ Robbie Keane