Best Champion Quotes On Success In Life

These champion quotes will inspire you. Champion is a person who has defeated or surpassed all rivals in a competition, especially in sports.

A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging champion quotes, champion sayings, and champion proverbs.

Famous Champion Quotes

1. “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
2. “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
3. “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” ~ Muhammad Ali

4. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ~ Michael Jordan

5. “The will must be stronger than the skill.” ~ Muhammad Ali
6. “Champions are not the ones who always win races – champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. ‘Champion’ is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.” ~ Simon Sinek
7. “Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a a desire, a dream, a vision.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

8. “Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead.” ~ Paula White

9. “What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration, and the will to win.” ~ Patty Berg
10. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” ~ Michael Jordan
11. “You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.” ~ James J. Corbett

12. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” ~ Jimmy Johnson

13. “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when nobody else is looking.” ~ Mia Hamm
14. “We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.” ~ Jimmy Carter
15. “To be a champion you must act like one, act like a champion.” ~ Lou Ferrigno

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

17. “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
18. “The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” ~ Mia Hamm
19. “It doesn’t matter what the income level of your family is, or if English is the first or second language. It makes no difference. The bottom line is that every child can be an academic champion, an academic champion and a superstar in academics.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

20. “It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale

21. “Be very strong… be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.” ~ Alberto Juantorena
22. “Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.” ~ Zig Ziglar
23. “Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear” ~ Denis Waitley

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

25. “The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.” ~ Gene Tunney
26. “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
27. “True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.” ~ Mia Hamm

28. “To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.” ~ Anatoly Karpov

29. “We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.” ~ Anatoly Karpov , World champion quotes
30. “I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.” ~ Thomas Hearns
31. “First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I’ve never been a big champion of Ford.” ~ Paul Michael Glaser

32. “You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry’s favorite horse was named Champion. He ain’t ever had one called Runner Up.” ~ Gene Mauch

33. “As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.” ~ Marion Jones
34. “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
35. “My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.” ~ Evander Holyfield

36. “I’ve been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.” ~ Floyd Patterson

37. “The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.” ~ Martina Navratilova
38. “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
39. “Inches make a champion.” ~ Vince Lombardi

40. “What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.” ~ Mark Spitz

41. “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
42. “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
43. “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 , Team champion quotes

44. “From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.” ~ Pat Riley

45. “I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.” ~ Major Taylor
46. “You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they’re on to something else. There’s just not a great love of the sport there” ~ Monica Seles , Champion quotes sports
47. “Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.” ~ Wilma Rudolph

48. “If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.” ~ Michael Jordan

49. “Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.” ~ Steve Backley
50. “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
51. “Hopefully I can become the Babe Ruth of the World Wrestling Federation and be the champion at the same time.” ~ Hulk Hogan

52. “What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.” ~ Steve Nash

53. “Each great athlete must someday bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.” ~ Major Taylor
54. “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
55. “I don’t champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them” ~ Armand Assante

56. “I don’t want ever to be champion again.” ~ Boris Spassky

57. “I would have been a much more popular World Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.” ~ Jackie Stewart
58. “As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.” ~ Nadia Comaneci
59. “Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.” ~ Major Taylor

60. “Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world’s heavyweight champion.” ~ Gene Tunney

61. “Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.” ~ Jonah Goldberg
62. “People still look at me as the champion and that’s very important to me.” ~ Marvin Hagler

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

64. “I don’t want to be remembered as a beaten champion.” ~ Rocky Marciano
65. “I wouldn’t say that there’s ever been an Olympic champion that didn’t deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.” ~ Dorothy Hamill

Champion a winner of first prize or first place in the competition.

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