Championship Quotes - page 4

The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant. (Edward St Aubyn)
I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over. View quote
Lindsey Vonn
To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races. View quote
Valentino Garavani
In 1981, when I went down to visit Georgia Tech, I watched Michael Jordan play and literally get ridiculed for taking a jump shot in the championship game that went off the backboard, and they won. People are forgetting that Michael was just one of the players when they went to the Dream Team. View quote
John Salley
I credit my plant-based diet with giving me the energy and stamina to help carry my teams to four NBA championship wins. ... Veganism has become a transformative part of my life and I have made it my mission to share the power of plant-based eating with the world. ... Vegan eating is not just a slam dunk for human health; it's also the most effective way to combat climate change, according to a 2010 report by the United Nations. ... going vegan is one of the best things a person can do for their health, for animals, and for the environment. View quote
John Salley
My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967. View quote
Carroll Shelby
I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world title - in karting, I finished third at Le Mans; that hurt because it was very close, but then in Formula One there wasn't really an opportunity to finally crack it, so it's third time lucky. View quote
Allan McNish
If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship. View quote
Alonzo Mourning
My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship. View quote
Anton du Beke
I won the city scoring championship as a senior. View quote
Bob Cousy
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud. (Bob Uecker)
Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship - and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that. View quote
Bob Uecker
I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the World Championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man. View quote
Barry Sheene
They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan. View quote
Barry Sheene
When you get a little older, you think, I'd like to make a little money and stick it away or buy a place - or win the world championship. View quote
Chris LeDoux
The two championship years were that significant for me. View quote
Chuck Daly
You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right. View quote
Doc Rivers
My biggest frustration with the Heisman is it's become the MVP of the national champion, or a team going to the National Championship game. That's what it's turned into. If you're not undefeated, you're out of the running. View quote
Doug Flutie
Coming back in that AFC Championship Game against the Steelers, that was a poignant moment for me for a lot of reasons - the magnitude of the game and having not been able to play for quite a while and to be able to get on the field for that game. That one stands out. View quote
Drew Bledsoe
Getting hurt and watching Tom Brady take over and beginning what's been just a spectacular run of his, and to come back and play in the AFC Championship Game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh, and help us win that game, is a memory that stands out very clearly. View quote
Drew Bledsoe
Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind. (Dwyane Wade)
The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out. View quote
Dan Wheldon
I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome. View quote
Ed Belfour
When I leave the NBA, I don't want my legacy to be, 'He won a championship ring.' I want my legacy to say, 'He played for the people. He gave everybody in the world hope that they can be just like him.' View quote
Gilbert Arenas
It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship. View quote
Glenn Hoddle