A champion is someone who gets up when he can't. — Jack Dempsey
You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings. — Jack Dempsey
Champions do ordinary things better than everyone else. — Chuck Noll
Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up. — Sylvester Stallone
A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to. — Tom Landry
Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else. — Chuck Noll
A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion. — Evander Holyfield
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison. — Mahatma Gandhi
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. — Ken Blanchard
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. — Billie Jean King
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. — Muhammad Ali
True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts. — Mia Hamm
Champion Image Quotes
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. — Mark Twain
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world. — Joe Louis
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. — Althea Gibson
Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion — Burt Lancaster
Champions are built on a thousand invisible mornings. — Kirk Cousins
Champions train, losers complain.
True Champion Quotes
Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion. — T. D. Jakes
Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that. — Alex Ferguson
A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams. — Dot Richardson
Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation. — Misty Hyman
A true champion is not only formed in victory. To be defeated makes you learn. — Renan Barao
You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time. — Gail Devers
Champions train. Losers complain.
Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back. — Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching. — Bas Rutten
I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil. — A.A. Attanasio
I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world. — Larry Holmes
You Are A Champion Quotes
Champions are an example of what happens when you decide to leave the plane of average thinking, where you dare to dream and you dare to go after that dream, and you make these thoughts and ideas become more than something than just a dream. They actually become a vision. — Kai Greene
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday. — Wilma Rudolph
You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. — James J. Corbett
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a vision, a dream.
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them. — Jim Valvano
In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best. — Althea Gibson
What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well. — John McEnroe
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
What you've lost sight of is what you are, and what you are is what you hate. You're the 10-time WWE Champion! You're the man! You, like the Red Sox, like Boston, are no longer the underdog! You're a dynasty. You are what you hate. You have become the New York Yankees! — CM Punk
In the world there are believers and then there are non-believers. For all of you non-believers out there, I have something to say to you...never underestimate the heart of a champion. — Rudy Tomjanovich
You can win all the tournaments you want, but the majors are what you're remembered for. It's how you're measured as a champion in our sport. The majors are where it's at. — Tiger Woods
In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you. — Boris Spassky
Team Champion Quotes
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. — Mia Hamm
Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better — John Wooden
I didn’t leave Atletico for money [or] to win the Champions League or to win more trophies. I left to learn a new style of play, new philosophies [at] another team. — Antoine Griezmann
Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.
Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the orther team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned. — Charles Duhigg
The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. — Mia Hamm
How marvelous, it’s a young team who are on the top of the world. Some are champions at the age of 19. — Didier Deschamps
Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up
I was captain in Atletico at 19, playing in the same team as Demetrio Albertini, who won three Champions Leagues, and Sergi Barjuan from Barcelona, who had won everything, and they were 32, 33. I was a kid as captain, so I wasn't the real captain, just a kid learning from them. — Fernando Torres
I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win. — Oliver Kahn
I'm looking forward to meeting my new team-mates and to be playing for Arsenal in the Premier League and Champions League. I will give my best to Arsenal and want to make all the supporters happy. — Alexis Sanchez
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion. — Pat Riley
Heart Of A Champion Quotes
I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it; Never underestimate the heart of a champion. — Kai Greene
I have one thing to say to those non-believers. Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion. — Rudy Tomjanovich
A champion isn’t made of muscle; a champion is made of heart. — Liang Chow
To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Jeff Klein, one of the earliest champions of Conscious Capitalism, offers a highly practical yet profoundly intuitive blueprint for achieving your purpose-and making a difference at work. You will return to Working for Good again and again. It belongs on your desk and in your heart. — Patricia Aburdene
Sport has long occupied a special place in the hearts of Australians, and today the nation welcomes a new champion to the pantheon. Cadel Evans, cyclist extraordinaire. — Paul Ramadge
People tend to grow fearful, when they taste failure, face a daunting challenge or fall ill. Yet, that is precisely the time to become even bolder. Those who are victors at heart are the greatest of all champions!!!! — Carmelo Anthony
Champ Quotes
To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. — Sugar Ray Robinson
When you eat right and sleep like a primal champ, your body does a good job recovering and getting stronger from bouts of appropriate stress like an occasional tough workout. — Mark Sisson
Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get too confident. — Nancy Kerrigan
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees. — Yves Saint Laurent
They say that when you're the champs, everybody will try to beat you. Well, I'm glad we're champs, so bring'em on, bring'em all on. If we die, we ain't gonna die running. It's gonna be a fight. — Joe Greene
I loved her fright, which was against me into the air! and the diamond white of her forelock which seemed to smart with thoughts as my heart smarted with life! and she'd toss her head with the pain and paw the air and champ the bit, as if I were Endymion and she, moon-like, hated to love me. — Frank O'Hara
There's no avoiding persistence.
Joe Frazier's life didn't start with Ali. I was a Golden Gloves champ. Gold medal in Tokyo '64. Heavyweight champion of the world long before I fought Ali in the Garden. — Joe Frazier
See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ. — Les Brown
We know what boredom is: it is a dull
Impatience or a fierce velleity,
A champing wish, stalled by our lassitude,
To make or do. In the strict sense, of course,
We invent nothing, merely bearing witness
To what each morning brings again to light — Richard Wilbur
Now the great winds shoreward blow Now the salt tides seaward flow Now the wild white horses play Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. — Matthew Arnold
Championship Quotes
One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity. — Nick Saban
There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not. — Harry Vardon
On being a champion Theres no avoiding persistence.
Growing up I wasn't the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope. — Serena Williams
Anyone who doesn't win their conference has no business playing in the national championship game. — Nick Saban
The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all. — Bob Cousy
The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships. — Kurtis Blow
I've got a Championship game to play and I'm excited about the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. — Les Miles
The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. — Mike Ditka
I'm the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. I got a championship game to play, and I'm excited for the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Please ask me after. I'm busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day! — Les Miles
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' Muhammad Ali on potential — Muhammad Ali
For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it. — Usain Bolt
All I care about is that people are being entertained. It's not about being the world champion [in wrestling], it's about exciting the people. If you walk away entertained, then I did my job, and that's all I care about. — Randy Savage
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. — Muhammad Ali
Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity. The modern champions of communism have selected this as the time, and ladies and gentlemen, the chips are down - they are truly down. — Joseph McCarthy
The culture precedes positive results. It doesn't get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they're champions: they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners. — Bill Walsh
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. — Wilma Rudolph
A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine. — Joe Louis
The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking. — Mia Hamm
Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights. — Joe Frazier
I am an unstoppable killing machine. I am the greatest champion that ever walked the face of this planet. — Dean Ambrose
We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war. — Jimmy Carter
People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway. — Jesse Owens
I've never worn a dress shirt that's been comfortable. I've always just worn dress shoes. On more than one occasion, I've heard that a champion should dress like a champion. But I'm a champion because of who I am. Who I am is not that guy. If everybody wears three-piece suits, everyone looks the same. — CM Punk
The obvious goals were there- State Champion, NCAA Champion, Olympic Champion. To get there I had to set an everyday goal which was to push myself to exhaustion or, in other words, to work so hard in practice that someone would have to carry me off the mat. — Dan Gable
If you want to train and work hard 3 months out of the year, well, then, UNI is a great place to go. If you want to bust your tail 6 months out of the year, you should be very happy at ISU. But if you want to train and develop into a champion 12 months out of the year, then Iowa is the place for you. — Dan Gable
Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well. — Cathy Freeman
To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion anymore. — Rocky Marciano
In Conclusion
Which quotation resonated with you best? Did you enjoy our collection of champion quotes? Or may be you have a slogan about champion to suggest. Let us know using our contact form.
Citation
Feel free to cite and use any of the quotes in this collection of champion quotations. For popular citation styles(APA, Chicago, MLA), please use this citation page.
