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Champions take responsibility. -- Billie Jean King
Champions have no off-season. -- Dan Bailey
Fear Does Not Crown Champions. -- Michelle Waterson
Champions make their own luck. -- Vince Lombardi
Champions get up when they can't. -- Jack Dempsey
Winners are born, Champions are made. -- Robert Falcon Scott
Champions are brilliant at the basics. -- John Wooden
Champions all get kicked when they're down. -- Apolo Ohno
We're going to be World Champions...forever. -- Alex Morgan
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege. -- Billie Jean King
Champions are built on a thousand invisible mornings. -- Kirk Cousins
Champions behave like champions before they are champions -- Bill Walsh
Champions do ordinary things better than everyone else. -- Chuck Noll
Champions keep playing until they get it right. -- Billie Jean King
You cannot make mistakes in the Champions League. -- Claudio Ranieri
Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear -- Denis Waitley
Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better -- John Wooden
The Breakfast of Champions isn't cereal, it's the competition! -- David Lee Roth
Champions of Liberty get called Fascists by Champions of Statism -- Jonah Goldberg
Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly -- Arthur Lydiard
You can win the Champions League in the worst season. -- Roberto Di Matteo
Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy. -- Luis Figo
The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in. -- Steven Gerrard
I came to AS Roma to play in the Champions League -- Ashley Cole
Champions don't become champions in the field---they are merely recognized there. -- Bob Costas
Champions keep going when they don't have anything left in their tank! -- Eric Thomas
I do not need to play in the Champions League to be happy -- Mats Hummels
To win the Champions League with Porto, you have to be tactically acute -- Paul Merson
Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits. -- Mike Krzyzewski
I won't lie, I want to play in the Champions League and challenge for titles, -- Pepe Reina
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Nobody knows that they're going to be Champions - you have to work to get there. -- Dwyane Wade
It disturbs me that Liverpool are not in the Champions League and fighting for the Premier League. -- Luis Suarez
Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead. -- Paula White
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships. -- Lester Sumrall
Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.' -- Zig Ziglar
Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. -- Muhammad Ali
The Champions League is more interesting to watch than international football and the quality is superior as well. -- Michael Owen
It certainly is a very difficult group,. We're still bleeding after the Champions League final and want our revenge. -- Paolo Maldini
Champions know that there's something inside that makes a champion, and other people think that it might something external. -- Urijah Faber
Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball. -- Billie Jean King
Losers have tons of variety. Champions just take pride in learning to hit the same old boring winning shots. -- Vic Braden
Champions are not generated from the championship. Champion is generated from something they have in them, desires, dreams, and visions. -- Muhammad Ali
Every goal is hard work, especially in such an excellent league as the Bundesliga; or even take the Champions League. -- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it. (on the Champions League trophy) -- Steven Gerrard
Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else. -- Chuck Noll
Playing chess is more athletic than artistic. Champions are more concerned with victory than beauty: it's war with occasionally graceful kicks. -- Jennifer Shahade
We're going to be the underdogs again in Istanbul on the 25th, but that suits us. (on the Champions league Final) -- Steven Gerrard
I've always dreamed to win the Champions League with Real Madrid and we are only one step away to win it -- Cristiano Ronaldo
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
As club captain all I want to do is help us get back up the table and into the Champions League. -- Steven Gerrard
I just wanted to jump into the stands and start celebrating with those wonderful fans. (on reaching the Champions League final) -- Steven Gerrard
The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition. -- Fernando Torres
The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it, it is a very important competition. -- Fernando Torres
Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read. -- Justin Halpern
I play the Father/Son every year on the PGA TOUR Champions. I split it between Jackie and Gary as my playing partners. -- Jack Nicklaus
When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off. -- Jamie Carragher
I'm sure that not all Champions are serious all the time. It's just not stuff that gets written in the history scrolls, that's all. -- Tyrean Martinson
Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world. -- Muhammad Ali
On the strength of Vonnegut's reputation, 'Breakfast of Champions' spent a year on the best-seller lists, proving that he could indeed publish anything and make money. -- Charles J. Shields
England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha! -- Xavi
Once the Champions Tour got in me and got a hold of me, I found out how great this Tour is and how much I enjoy it. -- Kenny Perry
I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis. -- Gareth Bale
I've seen teams spend Â£150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There are no guarantees. -- Gordon Strachan
I'm no longer thinking of Madrid. That dream is dead. The only thing I dream about now is Manchester United and winning the Champions League again in Rome. -- Cristiano Ronaldo
Earlier on in the season I'd have been very surprised to think we could win this competition because there were some fantastic teams in it. (on the Champions League) -- Steven Gerrard
Champions know that success is inevitable, that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it. -- Michael J. Gelb
We were almost getting used to playing without fans in the Champions League. Jokes aside though, I think help from our fans will be indispensable for such a big match. -- Roberto Mancini
But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it. -- Steven Gerrard
Champions never brag, never shout, never have to go to extremes to build themselves up for others or put others down. They let their actions, deeds, and results speak for them. -- Denis Waitley
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Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights. -- Joe Frazier
Drawing a comparison to football, it could be said that the Spanish economy has, during this legislature, into the Champions League of the world economy, however bad that may seem to some. -- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come. -- Dennis Bergkamp
How on earth Traore gets into this team is beyond me. And he's a Champions League winner? Gimme a break. They've Riise sitting on the bench who's a different class to this fella. -- Johnny Giles
You know, I'd actually say Lionel Messi. He's so remarkable, watching him play he's probably still undervalued. When you're scoring five goals in one Champions League match, there's no value that's too high. -- Billy Beane
Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come -- Dennis Bergkamp
I watched Arsenal in the Champions League the other week playing some of the best football I've ever seen and yet they couldn't have scored in a brothel with two grand in their pockets! -- Ian Holloway
We need to go there and make sure we bring that cup home. and if we do succeed, then we'll dedicate it to the fans that have waited so patiently since 1984. (on the Champions League) -- Steven Gerrard
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. -- Alan Armstrong
Cristiano Ronaldo has done massive things in both the Premier League and in the Champions League, but Messi is the best though and I am convinced that next year he will win the Ballon d'Or. -- Yaya Toure
You certainly get used to winning in general. Winning the Champions League is a very particular feeling, but it's really the journey that makes it special. Every journey that brings you toward a win is important. -- Clarence Seedorf
I'm looking forward to meeting my new team-mates and to be playing for Arsenal in the Premier League and Champions League. I will give my best to Arsenal and want to make all the supporters happy. -- Alexis Sanchez
Messi doesn't have to do it in the Premier League to prove himself. The Champions League is the ultimate club competition. If he was in the Premier League, he'd be the best player by some distance. -- Gary Lineker
They (Bayern Munich) lost in the semi-finals of the Champions League to Real Madrid last year, and the year before that were beaten in the final by Manchester United, so their European pedigree is second to none. -- Simon Brotherton
All of us at Juventus agreed Manchester United were the best side we met in the Champions League. They have so many talented young players and can only get better and better. Giggs is truly world class -- Zinedine Zidane
In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the World Champion 25 years ago, but everyone remembers who the Olympic Champions were, even 100 years ago. -- Lavinia Milosovici
They have a choice as a club. They don't have to sell. Maybe Southampton's objectives have changed. They were looking to be a Champions League club, I believe. They obviously wanted to change... I don't have sympathy, no. -- Brendan Rodgers
I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor. -- Sebastian Vettel
The culture precedes positive results. It doesn't get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they're champions: they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners. -- Bill Walsh
If I wanted to have an easy job, working with the big protection of what I have already done before, I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me. -- Jose Mourinho
Give me a great Champions League game or an exciting Premier League game ahead of an international match and I'd love that to reverse. A lot of people have lost interest in England games, it is quite hard to watch. -- Michael Owen
A champion, he said, wins a World Series or an Olympic and is hoisted on the shoulders of teammates and fans. A hero carries the people on his shoulders. Champions live for the moment- heroes, like Jackie Robinson, transcend time. -- Sharon Robinson
When we got knocked out against Porto in the Champions League, I only slept two hours that night. I was not a nice person to be with after that match. I was struggling to get the result out of my system. -- Ruud van Nistelrooy
The high point of my career was winning the Champions League. No one will ever erase that from my memory, in the same way that no one will ever erase the fact that I did it in a Manchester United shirt. -- Cristiano Ronaldo
If my dreams can happen to me, your dreams can happen to you. Champions are not made on the track or field; champions are made by the things you accomplish and the way you use your abilities in everyday life situations. -- Bob Beamon
I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once. I have only been managing for five years and I have the same amount of Champions League trophies to my name. -- Jose Mourinho
You still remember the bad rounds here, but they don't stay with you as long. The Champions Tour is great, it's competitive and it's a wonderful show, but it's not the real big league. The real big league is the PGA Tour, and we all know that. -- Tom Kite
Champions are pioneers, and pioneers get shot at. The companies that get the most from champions, therefore, are those that have rich support network so their pioneers will flourish. This point is so important it's hard to overstress. No support systems, no champions. No champions, no innovations. -- Tom Peters
The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames. The present World Champion has not the strength of the other three as an endgame player, and is therefore inferior to them. -- Jose Raul Capablanca
Achieving Champions League football is the minimum requirement and always the most important thing for [Dortmund Borussia] club. Beyond that, we want to win a trophy. Maybe the German Cup, because we've reached the last three finals, but haven't won one, so that's a big motivation for us. -- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about. -- Brian May
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. -- Ken Blanchard
Excellence is the target of champions and winners. -- Mark F. LaMoure
True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts. -- Mia Hamm
I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions. -- Bear Bryant
Nike doesn't want to make products for everyone - they want to make products for champions. -- Simon Sinek
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind. -- Eldridge Cleaver
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat. -- Sam Snead
When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions. -- Evander Holyfield
I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I'm inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers. -- Conor McGregor
Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are. -- Nancy Lopez
If I could apologise and go back and change history I would do. But the goal is still a goal, Argentina became world champions and I was the best player in the world. -- Diego Maradona
We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours? -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win. -- Oliver Kahn
If multi-stakeholder Internet governance is to survive an endless series of challenges, its champions must commit to serving the interests and protecting the rights of all Internet users around the world, particularly those in developing countries where Internet use is growing fastest. -- Rebecca MacKinnon
It takes more than driving to become an IndyCar driver. Gone are the days when drivers show up Friday morning and go home Sunday night. We're all integral to our partnerships, commercially, motorsports. We're as much champions in the boardroom as we are on the racetrack. -- Charlie Kimball
Over a 10-season stretch from 1967 to 1976, eight Super Bowl champions either were the Raiders or had to beat the Raiders in the playoffs. The Jets, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Colts, Miami, the Steelers each of the first two times... we all had to deal with the Raiders. -- Joe Greene
I think it is important that you have people from all different vanguards, from all different walks of society and different viewpoints to be focused on the struggle for equality and democracy. We need as many champions for the cause and as many events as possible to help keep this in focus. -- Lupe Fiasco
The Fed should make a clear commitment to stable money to reduce the swings in interest rates and inflation. Instead, it champions and flaunts unstable money. This encourages momentum trading and the growth of derivatives. Meanwhile, layers of financial regulation make Washington bigger and more powerful but don't fix the underlying problems. -- David Malpass

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