Famous Quotes & Sayings

One year ago they (the players) were just happy to play. Some didn't even know what the Tournament of Champions was.

On June 17, everybody is going to see clearly who's the real champion.

Mullins was the conference champion, but with an 11-9 record, we felt we had a shot and went after it. Our effort was there, but we couldn't pull it out.

Maybe they are these young crazy kids and they didn't know they were supposed to wilt. At that point, we felt like, 'OK, here it comes. We're going to go on a roll and it will be, Nice job, Riverside, thanks for showing up.' But they hung tough and did what champions do.

The only meaningful fighter and champion in the super middleweight division is Jeff Lacy, but if Joe wanted to come to the States then we would speak to Frank Warren.

Olivia is always very good, very consistent. I think she was a little surprised she was the regional champion. I knew she had it in her to do this.

Sid was a tremendous champion as always. He's such a classy kid, as good a kid as there is.

Since I started my freshman year, the 400 hurdles was the event I wanted to be a national champion in.

Rafael Benitez

Now we intend to finish the job with another victory. If we do that we will be virtually through into the knockout stages. We have been very positive in our Champions League matches and I hope that we can continue this now.

Now that the merger is completed and we have had a closer look into Champion's businesses, we are even more optimistic about the opportunities this acquisition will provide,

Obviously if you are at The Players Champions or the Masters, which are elite events, and your defending champion is in the hunt, you get a number of on-air mentions. That can't hurt.

Right now, it's disappointing. Hopefully, when you look back on it -- we were conference champions, district champions, Farmington Invitational champions and Christmas tournament champions -- it was a good year.

Pete is a great champion and fans have really missed his talent and character since he retired. His WTT matches will be the hottest ticket in tennis this summer.

Seventh place is definitely an honor, and I think that right now we had a first-time state champion in Chris, and we had several kids in the finals ... not just the consolations. We're walking out of here with a lot of good experience from this year. But I am ecstatic about how we did as a team.

So many champions and good horses have come from this program; it's proven ground. These horses are on the come; they have so much upside to them.

She's the defending 5A state champion in discus. She's really excited about her senior year.

She's so quiet, but she plays like a champion.

Marion Barry

She was the people's champion working tirelessly for equality and justice.

Sasha Cohen

She's the World Champion from last year. She's skated really strongly all season. She's definitely one of the top contenders.

Jacques Chirac

She will remain for me, as for many French, the smiling and emotional Olympic champion with the extraordinary stride,

She's phenomenal. She should be preparing for a high school graduation, not a national championship.

Didier Drogba

Maybe we spend a lot of money, but this money is not spent for nothing. We won the League and Carling Cup last season, we went to the semifinal of the Champions League and this year we are top of the League. Sometimes you have to spend money for the good reason and this is the good reason.

Seve Ballesteros

My intention is to compete until I'm 54. So if I join the Champions Tour, it will only be for four years - no more than that. I'm in the golf course design business. This is my future. I'd rather go to a place where there is nothing and design a golf course. This will be a good legacy for me to leave.

Bob Costas

Champions don't become champions in the field---they are merely recognized there.

James Blake

I guess I feel as good as I can feel, I fought my heart out. I had the crowd on my side for the first four matches unbelievably strong. To see how they reacted to him and see how much they wanted a champion like him to advance, it was great.

If we keep playing well in the Champions League, that can help in the Premiership. But there are big differences -- it's much more physical in England.

We knew they were quick and knew they'd present a problem for us. It was a game of ebb and flow. I told my players afterward that if you want to dethrone a champion in their own building, they go down hard." ()

We were nibbling at the edges at the time, trying to find a champion. We found a champion in (Wise). This is clearly a product of his work.

Sean Burroughs

We were named champions something like three months after the Little League World Series.

Zig Ziglar

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'

We placed third the last two years. But we have been league champions in three of the last five years. I am very proud of my team.

There's an old saying about never doubting the heart of a champion and our team has heart. Adelaide will be tough, but we have a real sense of optimism.

There was a lot of pressure on our shoulders before this Champions League's match. Now we'd like to take some time to relish our qualification.