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

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

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
John Madden

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.
Roger Bannister

The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me.
Marvin Hagler

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.
Mia Hamm

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
Pat Riley