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Entitlement never wins Championships, Investment wins Championships. -- Jay Bilas
I fancy our chances at the European Championships. -- Frank Lampard
Championships and great seasons are won in locker rooms. -- Tom Izzo
I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships. -- Tracy Austin
At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships. -- Bear Bryant
Championships are not won on the night of a big event, but years before by athletes who commit themselves daily to championship principles -- Dick Devenzio
On the Â£20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one. -- Michael Johnson
I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last. -- Oscar Pistorius
In the '80s, when Gretzky came to the World Championships in the second or third game, you'd see this guy skating circles around the other ones. Unbelievable. -- Hasso Plattner
I've always been proud to represent my country, whether it be World Cups, European Championships or just friendly games, I've always been a proud person, I'm very patriotic. -- David Beckham
Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly. -- Chuck Daly
Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation. -- Mike Krzyzewski
I am not an expert in this field but I do try to keep up to date with the Bundesliga. And I do follow World Cups and European Championships more closely. -- Angela Merkel
I don't have anything good to say. World Golf Championships, I mean that suggests they're going to be played everywhere, and they tend to not be played in very many places. -- Geoff Ogilvy
It is my second visit to Korea since the International Junior Athletic Championships in 1992. Both then and now, I felt Korea is an interesting country and the people are very kind. -- Cathy Freeman
In a day and age when there are so many culinary competitions - ranging from contests of taste to those of technique - The World Food Championships will be the ultimate food competition. -- Adam Richman
[Wayne Rooney ] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another. -- Michael Owen
To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys. -- Vanessa Mae
I went from junior hockey to the World Junior Championships to the combine and the draft, to the Blackhawks camp, and then a full NHL season and then the World Championships. At nineteen, that's exhausting. -- Patrick Kane
Everyone knows Jordan as a winner, and that's what I want to be known as at the end of my playing career. Someone who's won multiple NBA Championships and has made a difference in the NBA. -- Mario Chalmers
There's a motto, if you fail and fail, you come back and try again. I've had a couple of failures here in America and close calls, especially in Major Championships, and it's great to finally, finally win. -- Colin Montgomerie
My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we'll see what kind of time it brings. -- David Rudisha
The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past. -- Michel Patini
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics. -- Oscar Pistorius
I always support Argentina. I watched a lot of the European Championships but wasn't supporting one team. I knew some players in a few of the teams and was just seeing how they played. It was nice for Ronaldo to win with Portugal. -- Usain Bolt
But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days. -- Sally Pearson
We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up. -- Eric Heiden
Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don't go only on the basis of if they are injured. -- Wayne Gretzky
I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working. -- David Rudisha
It's probably the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and instead of just three runners from each country, like in the Olympics or World Championships, in the senior men's race there are nine. -- Paul Tergat
Tom Watson, Tom Watson blew, what, two PGA Championships and a U.S. Open. Did it destroy his life? No, it didn't destroy his life. He learned from it. He went on to win a lot of major championships and obviously became one of the world's great players. -- Jack Nicklaus
Pre-season was very challenging with the African Championships on my continent. Unfortunately, I failed to qualify for the Games there. It was an emotional moment for me due to the context, but I quickly accepted the result as evidence of what my preparation has been the past 3 years. -- Benjamin Boukpeti
Winning isn't always championships. -- Michael Jordan
The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships. -- Paul Pierce
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. -- Michael Jordan
The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. -- Mike Ditka
The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships. -- Kurtis Blow
You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average. -- Bill Walton
To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships. -- Cristiano Ronaldo
You can be the best person in the league but if you don't win championships, something's missing. -- Terrell Davis
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Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup. -- Sidney Crosby
I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can. -- Kobe Bryant
It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it. -- Kobe Bryant
No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you're not winning now, so you stink. -- Bill Parcells
Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow. -- David Rudisha
I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player. -- Doug Collins
To be able to get a football team that's capable of competing for world championships, you always got to get a little bit lucky, but you got to have all phases to win it all. -- John Elway
Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship. -- LeBron James
If you do base your life on how many touchdowns you score, how many championships you win, then when you have a setback, then when you have an injury, you're not playing, or something goes wrong, your self-worth goes down. -- Tim Tebow
I'm not going to be a guy that retires and keeps coming back. When I'm gone, I'm gone. Same thing as amateur wrestling; when I won the world championships in Olympics, I left and I never went back. Same for pro. -- Kurt Angle
I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level. -- LeBron James
In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares! -- Zac Efron
My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'. -- Haile Gebrselassie
Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won all the races, but Butch was the world record holder before I came into the sport, he was extremely talented and he was the only other man running 43 seconds. -- Michael Johnson
Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization. -- Michael Jordan
I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well. -- Magic Johnson
I want to win championships. -- Victor Cruz
Players win games, teams win championships. -- Bill Taylor
Players dont win championships, organizations do! -- Jerry Krause
I just love playing in major championships. -- Inbee Park
You're measured by championships no matter what. -- Candace Parker
Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships. -- Bear Bryant
Individuals play the game, but teams win championships. -- Bill Parcells
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships. -- Pat Summitt
This is a tournament. The others are all championships. -- Jack Nicklaus
I've had more world championships than you've had women! -- Ric Flair
We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors -- Pat Summitt
The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships. -- John Wooden
I dont believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs. -- Byron Scott
Real talent doesn't always win championships, like real music doesn't always win Grammys. -- Drake
You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws. -- Don Meyer
Defense wins championships. A good offense is beat by a good defense, always. -- Eric Bolling
Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it. -- Pat Summitt
I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else. -- Tom Lehman
Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships, -- Brian Clough
You've got to be a Lakers fan growing up in L.A. with all these championships. -- Akeem Ayers
I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason. -- LeBron James
Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all. -- Bill Walton
Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing. -- Kobe Bryant
It's not about being a head coach, I'd rather be a DC at Auburn and win championships. -- Will Muschamp
We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships. -- LeBron James
Joe Gibbs helped define what the Washington Redskins stand for - integrity, hard work, determination, winning and championships. -- Daniel Snyder
At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day. -- Paula Radcliffe
If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships -- Zeljko Obradovic
I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading. -- Pat Bowlen
College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles. -- Paul McAllister
I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship. -- Arnold Palmer
I hope to continue my work, winning championships with my club. The acknowledgement comes naturally for those who deserve it. -- Neymar
When you think about Peyton Manning, you think about numbers. When you think about Tom Brady, you think about championships -- Ray Lewis
Tomboy. Alright, call me a tomboy. Tomboys get medals. Tomboys win championships. Tomboys can fly. Oh. And tomboys aren't boys. -- Julie Foudy
For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls! -- Brian Clough
There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships. -- Rafael Palmeiro
I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job. -- Mark Cuban
I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential -- John Wooden
Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other. -- Mia Hamm
There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not. -- Harry Vardon
I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships. -- Rudy Giuliani
The only thing I wanted in free agency was an opportunity to continue to chase that dream and continue to win championships.? -- Tyson Chandler
We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the world. -- Gregg Popovich
I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do. -- Kobe Bryant
I will always cherish the times at JGR. The only thing that I regret is that we didn't win more races and/or championships. -- Bobby Labonte
I'm not a player, I'm an alien...My focus is on winning championships. I don't focus on anything else. Aliens only want to win championships. -- Metta World Peace
I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces. -- Pat Summitt
If I had won...all those other championships, my life might be totally different, but I didn't win. It's not going to affect my life. -- Greg Norman
The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be. -- Tiger Woods
If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. -- Michael Jordan
I don't think my style of play is what has prevented me from winning major championships. I think that execution has been more of a factor. -- Phil Mickelson
Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona. -- Larry Dixon
Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be. -- John Wooden
Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied. -- Sparky Anderson
I can see Sue and I leading this team to many more championships...We're going to take this and learn from it. We worked too hard for this. -- Lauren Jackson
Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl. -- Sheryl Swoopes
The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood. -- Pierre de Coubertin
I know I probably never will win the league MVP or passing title. That is not why I play the game. I try to win football games and championships. -- Ben Roethlisberger
When I was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd - the only girl with a lot of boys at chess championships. -- Bjork
I used to dream of medals and championships, but now I dream solely of a blue-eyed fighter who one day changed my life, when he put his lips on mine. . . -- Katy Evans
My extensive career, with its victories and defeats, championships, etc., has been well documented. My entire life has been focused on being the best race car driver I can be. -- Scott Pruett
I am proud of my family. I am proud of my Duke championships and all my Duke teammates. And, I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five. -- Grant Hill
I stay patient. I don't go out there and try to set a course record. That's probably one of my strengths and one reason I've been able to win major championships. -- Annika Sorenstam

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