True Champion Quotes

Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion.

A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation.

A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.

A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

People know I was the last true champion.

These often unsung heroes understand...that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. Individuals ...are taking on these challenges in their communities, volunteering to make a difference. They remain the true champions of our work towards the Millennium Development Goals.

A true champion and athlete is never satisfied with their performance. You can always do more and always improve.

You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time.

True champions are team players.

A true champion is not only formed in victory. To be defeated makes you learn.

I love The Miz. His approach to his job is second to none; it's extremely important to him that he prepares on a daily basis. I travel with him and from the moment he gets up to the moment he goes to bed it's all WWE, all sports entertainment. He keeps his body in shape and he is a true champion in the ring and out. He's a great representative of the company and I'm learning a lot from him, not only on TV but outside as well.

She [my mother] struggled, abusing alcohol for quite some time, and so we just kind of drifted apart. I went to college. But I dedicate the book to her because she is the true champion of the family. She kept our family together. She provided us with a roof over our head. She always worked.

The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.

Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.

A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.

A true champion can adapt to anything.

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

The Most Important Thing I Know About the Spirit of Sport... It instills in us the ability to recognize and appreciate the talents of others as well as the gifts we have been given and the ability to work with others as a team. It also allows us to face the challenge of competition, learn from our successes and failures, altogether making us true champions in life.

True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back.