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

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

It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we don't fight tyranny it will not leave us alone in peace.
Ernest Istook

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice.
Mark Pryor

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
Major Taylor

My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
Olivier Martinez

My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Evander Holyfield

Now people all across America are starting to believe in America again. We are coming back, back to the heights of greatness, back to America's proud role as a temple of justice and a champion of peace.
Theodore C. Sorensen

Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.
Jonah Goldberg

People still look at me as the champion and that's very important to me.
Marvin Hagler

Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
Major Taylor

Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.
Boris Spassky

So, I didn't say we are going to win a lot, but we are going to play like winners, and we've got a plan in place to teach our guys how to play like winners and play like a champion.
Steve Spurrier

Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion.
Burt Lancaster

That was the fight. I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.
Thomas Hearns

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
Jean-Claude Killy

The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.
Pierre de Coubertin

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
George Foreman

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.
Esther Williams