Quotes About Championships

#1. Personal honors never meant much to Bill Russell, one of America's most successful athletes with 2 college titles, 1 Olympic gold medal and 11 - count 'em, 11 - N.B.A. championships with the Boston Celtics.

George Vecsey

#2. I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.

Pat Bowlen

#3. We may bend sometimes, but we don't break. There's a lot of character in that room

David Blatt

#4. 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

#5. 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

#6. My family is happy. That makes my job a lot easier. For the fans, I try to put it all out there on the floor.

LeBron James

#7. We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors

Pat Summitt

#8. The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

Mike Ditka

#9. I've had more world championships than you've had women!

Ric Flair

#10. At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.

Bear Bryant

#11. In sports, championships often define a person's legacy.

Don Yaeger

#12. 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

#13. It's not about being a head coach, I'd rather be a DC at Auburn and win championships.

Will Muschamp

#14. 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

#15. Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

Pat Summitt

#16. 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

#17. I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

Bob Cousy

#18. 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

#19. Winning isn't always championships.

Michael Jordan

#20. There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.

Rafael Palmeiro

#21. 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

#22. In Phil's case, I was personally thrilled he came back, because I think it's huge for the league. When you think about what he's done and how many championships he's won, there's always drama when he comes back in.

Gregg Popovich

#23. I dont believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs.

Byron Scott

#24. Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

Bill Parcells

#25. But then I lock back in and I start thinking about how fun it is to compete during the playoffs and the first round, the second round, and Eastern Conference Finals. If I'm lucky enough to get here again, it will be fun to do it.

LeBron James

#26. 'Stay with it' was our coach's motto. That's what we did. This is unreal!

Andre Iguodala

#27. 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

#28. 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

#29. When I gave up law to go into real estate, my mother said, 'How can you give up the law?' But she lived long enough to see the Bulls win all six championships. She would wear all six pendants at the same time. She could barely stand up.

Jerry Reinsdorf

#30. If I could have gave more, I would have done it. I gave everything I had

LeBron James

#31. I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

Frank Lampard

#32. It's a lot of talent sitting in suits.

LeBron James

#33. All 14 guys on the team have sacrificed something to get to this point.

Stephen Curry

#34. We defended. We made them keep tough shots, and we executed offensively.

LeBron James

#35. We did what we are supposed to. We protected home. We have to try to do it again Thursday night.

LeBron James

#36. 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

#37. 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

#38. I want to go get a stop on defense so James can do it again. It was a big spurt for him. That made then get out of their game plan and play him closer. But when he does that, we want to make sure we capitalize and get timely stops. And that's what got us right back in the game.

Chris Bosh

#39. For them to have the season that they had, for them to have us on the ropes ... Congrats to the Cavs.

Steve Kerr

#40. Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.

Bear Bryant

#41. [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

#42. 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

#43. 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

#44. 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

#45. Tomboy. Alright, call me a tomboy. Tomboys get medals. Tomboys win championships. Tomboys can fly. Oh. And tomboys aren't boys.

Julie Foudy

#46. When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them, I tell them this: I miss the practices.

John Wooden

#47. 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

#48. When I wrapped 'Falling Skies,' I took a trip to the Caribbean to visit my grandma, which is great. I was out there for two weeks in Grenada. Then after that, I went to Poland for two and a half weeks to go watch some of the European soccer championships.

Brandon Jay McLaren

#49. I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it.

LeBron James

#50. I would say that it's quadruple what I've had when I've won major championships in the past. I've gotten faxes and phone calls from all over the world. It's been overwhelming. It's really changed my opinion of humanity.

Greg Norman

#51. We aren't comfortable. We are not satisfied. We have to stay even-keeled.

LeBron James

#52. Nobody achieves anything great by giving the minimum. No teams win championships without making sacrifices and giving their best.

John C. Maxwell

#53. I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

Tracy Austin

#54. They played exquisite basketball in this series and in particular these last three games. They are the better team. There is no other way to say it. They played great basketball, and we couldn't respond to it.

Erik Spoelstra

#55. Real talent doesn't always win championships, like real music doesn't always win Grammys.

Drake

#56. There are many things I'm looking forward to in 2013, both personally and professionally. Plans for new restaurants in the U.S., including Eataly Chicago, are underway, and I'm gearing up for the 2013 Ironman world championships in Hawaii - if I'm lucky enough to get a spot!

Joe Bastianich

#57. I can say when it comes to championships it's a tactical race and normally you don't have a pacesetter who can set a pace for fast times. That is why you see that obviously we fall around 1:43 because that is the most favorable one can run from the front.

David Rudisha

#58. I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential

John Wooden

#59. You always want to have good balance. That's the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.

John Elway

#60. I put the number 7 on my t-shirt because this is the number of my championships but also because it was the number of Barry Sheene, who was a great hero of mine and a truly great racer,

Valentino Garavani

#61. College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

Paul McAllister

#62. 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

#63. There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

Harry Vardon

#64. I started at a 'learn to swim' scheme when I was about five-years-old. I did it to learn water safety, but it was fun and I loved the water. I went to a club, moved up through the ranks and got better and better before taking part in my first national championships.

Liam Tancock

#65. I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

Kobe Bryant

#66. 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

#67. I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights.

Clara Hughes

#68. I didn't think we'd get to this point that we're at now, but I was ready to lead If we got to this point.

LeBron James

#69. I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else.

Tom Lehman

#70. 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

#71. It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can.

Steve Kerr

#72. 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

#73. Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.

Mia Hamm

#74. So spring break consisted of seven fun-filled days cooped up in the
house with Jeffrey, who was grounded because he'd won the Regional Wrestling
Championships

Cynthia Hand

#75. People ask me all the time now, what's the most memorable moment of your career? It's always the championships. The first goal, the 50th - it doesn't matter. It's always the championships.

Paul Coffey

#76. I'm proud of everybody in our organization. Not every story has a happy ending. Doesn't mean it's a bad story.

David Blatt

#77. I think it's great the opportunity is given to all of us really to come out and play major championships after the real major championships have gone beyond us.

Greg Norman

#78. 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

#79. I've achieved everything I ever wanted. I've done three Olympics, world championships, I've been around the world and made good friends. But I still have the inner drive to do more, to be not just good, but to be great.

Leisel Jones

#80. 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

#81. I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.

Gregg Popovich

#82. This was an unbelievable experience.

Stephen Curry

#83. We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance.

David Blatt

#84. The best option for me to do was not to move. I tried, and any little nudge or step, it the cramping would get worse. It was the whole left leg ... nearly the whole left side ... I drank a lot of fluids at halftime. I even changed my uniform.

LeBron James

#85. You've got to be a Lakers fan growing up in L.A. with all these championships.

Akeem Ayers

#86. I don't get grumpy at a 'Strictly' level, you understand. We're just making a television show - the person I'm dancing with can't dance; they're doing their best, and we're not going to win the World Championships.

Anton Du Beke

#87. They played great and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance. They were great. You have to give them credit for that.

Erik Spoelstra

#88. I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and the whole group. It's just a phenomenal group of people. I think as a coach you just appreciate kind of the big picture a little bit more.

Steve Kerr

#89. 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

#90. We want to get another one.

Stephen Curry

#91. Our team, because of our depth and our talent, we were able to do that, and it turned into a special season as a result.

Steve Kerr

#92. This is a tournament. The others are all championships.

Jack Nicklaus

#93. Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.

Pat Summitt

#94. Defense wins championships. A good offense is beat by a good defense, always.

Eric Bolling

#95. I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries.

Shawn Johnson

#96. Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.

McKayla Maroney

#97. If Tim Duncan had 'Knicks' on his jersey, he'd be a god. He'd be more than Patrick Ewing. With four championships and two MVPs, I think people realize he's one of the best ever, but if he played in New York, he'd be way more famous.

Tony Parker

#98. I've lived through a lot of division championships, a lot of final-four appearances, but our goal is further than that. We want to deliver a Super Bowl.

Jeffrey Lurie

#99. I can speak volumes about the guy sitting next to me. You look at his stat line tonight, he had a lot of foul trouble and didn't really get going, but when he was in there, he was defending. He was playing physical, and he was doing everything he could to help us win.

Stephen Curry

#100. If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships

Zeljko Obradovic