I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.
Armand Assante

I don't want ever to be champion again.
Boris Spassky

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.
Rocky Marciano

I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane!
Bob Livingston

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

I have no great urge to be minister of this or minister of that, but instead would feel incredible blessed to have the opportunity to be a champion for a constituency and fight for their cause.
Adam Rickitt

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.
Gerry Cooney

I think a good MP is someone who cares for their community and becomes their champion, which is why I will make my home in any seat I am lucky enough to be selected for. Looks play no part in the equation, what matters is your ideas and connecting them to the electorate.
Adam Rickitt

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
Billie Jean King

I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.
Boris Spassky

I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in '94, and after that I did Tommy's tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I've just kind of backed off a little.
Elvis Stojko

I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.
John Edwards

I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me grow into becoming a world champion.
Roberto Duran

I was born to be champion of the world.
Roberto Duran

I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.
Jackie Stewart

I would like to become champion, but I'm realistic about it.
David Leslie

I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.
Major Taylor

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
Dorothy Hamill

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.
Floyd Patterson

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
Chris Evert