Quotes About Pride

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

This is something nobody can take away from me. I'm a world champion. That's a crazy feeling.

I didn't expect one day I become world champion in the United States. I'm very proud to be together with boxing legends. It's a dream to be in with Muhammad Ali.

It's an honour to be a world champion, and it can never be taken away from you.

I love being world champion.

I've been laughing with my brothers about it. Paul and Stephen both won the British title before me, but I'm going to be the first world champion in the family.

I'm so proud, and it feels brilliant to be a world champion.

I know who I am. I'm a former world champion.

To be a world champion from Oklahoma is something that really pushes me.

When you become a world champion and you defend your title for five or six years, and you have fifteen defences of your title, and you round up most of the other belts - and you feel you're the best of your generation at the time - nobody can take that away from you.

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

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 proud of what my brother has done. His success motivates me. He's a world champion.

The idea of being a two-time world champion is a big goal for me.

One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.

Everyone wants to be a part of the World Cup and to play for the country.

The World Cup is the ultimate moment for any player. It is the opportunity to defend your country in the biggest tournament in the world and the moment the whole world will watch you play.

To win the World Cup in our colours was beyond my dreams and something I will never, ever forget.

My best years were 2010 and 2011, and the 2010 World Cup was the most incredible experience. Our tiny nation reached the semi-finals, I finished joint-top scorer in South Africa, and my goal against Germany was voted the best of the tournament. I was also named the best player of that World Cup.

You know, when you are the Italian national team, all the time you need to win because for our history, it is important for us to try to win the World Cup.

I am professional, won a Champions League, silver at the World Cup, I achieved big things in football and don't deserve to go anywhere on loan.

Being at a World Cup is a sacrifice? Twenty days is a sacrifice? What about the people there working for the team, up at five every morning? That's sacrifice. It's not a sacrifice to play.

Going to the World Cup would mean a lot to me.

It's what every kid dreams of: winning a World Cup for your country. There's nothing that will ever, ever beat that or even compare to it.