Quotes About Championship

Our sport was founded on the tournament.

I'm not a big proponent of the league tournament.

The Asian Cup is an important tournament.

When the UFC announced that 125 tournament, I remember thinking, 'Finally, this is my spot.'

Being a part of the Women of Honor championship tournament is historical.

Joe Perry is always a big hurdle, he's always there in the later stages of a tournament. You have to be playing well to beat him, and if you do that you know you have a chance of winning the title.

In 1983, I played in a new tournament called the Professional Snooker League. I won eight of my 11 matches, beating Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and Dennis Taylor, among others.

When I went to NXT U.K. and I was part of the women's championship tournament, I saw all of those people and I was absolutely floored. I had never wrestled in front of that many people before.

Queen's is one of my favourite tournaments of the year.

There's something about being at the tournaments that you don't really get on TV, although golf is a great sport to watch on television.

To win a Grand Slam, you have to win seven matches in a row, and it's very different physically and mentally from other tournaments.

Tournaments are won on the last day, not the first.

My favorite moment was in Game 6 when Bill Walton tapped a missed Sixers shot toward the backcourt and Johnny Davis ran it down as the clock expired. We were NBA champions!

My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.

I tried to convince those guys at the Bullets in the '95-'96 season that they could try to beat the mighty London Towers, who won everything the year before. I got out of bed every day with the mindset of getting the team to Wembley for the play-off final and to win the championship.

When four or more men get together, they talk about sports.

David Nugent tore up the Championship but he's gone to Portsmouth and he's a fish up a tree

I believe there are certain things that cannot be bought -- loyalty, friendship, health, love and an American League pennant.

I had started my love affair with Wimbledon.

I know what a championship locker room looks like, what a championship team requires.

You don't have a real rivalry unless both sides are great teams.

In the end, all we need to remember is Slavisa has promoted a club from the Championship to the Premier League and has managed sides at the highest level of football. In other words, Slavisa is exactly the head coach we need.

You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.

I signed a contract with Phil Jackson, the man who has more championship rings, as far as I know, than anybody else. He was the best guy we thought we could find to run the New York Knicks.