Quotes About Winning Championships

#1. 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

#2. The great player, so much of the greatness, in my mind, is in his heart and his head. It's not in his body, in his skill set. It comes from having great talent but wanting to mold that and fit it together into being special. And being special means winning championships.

George Karl

#3. In my final years in Green Bay, when I wasn't getting the ball, people would ask me why I never complained.
'Because these guys are my family,' I would say. 'I'm not selfish. It's not about me. It's about these guys, my family, and winning championships together.

Donald Driver

#4. 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

#5. What drives me is winning championships.

Tony Parker

#6. Players win games, teams win championships.

Bill Taylor

#7. On the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one.

Michael Johnson

#8. We were in the NBA Finals. Two games away from winning it. I think we did pretty well.

David Blatt

#9. But as much as I am personally proud for winning five championships, I'm equally proud just being part of a women's division that has gotten so much better with all these great athletes here.

Trish Stratus

#10. For me, growing up I watched Michael Jordan win all those championships, and I dreamed of being in that same spot one day. So to actually be here, and have one under my belt is an amazing feeling.

Mario Chalmers

#11. 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

#12. Jenson Button is the real deal. It just takes the right environment, the right time - don't doubt he has all the talents to win Grands Prix and challenge for championships.

David Coulthard

#13. But put my body through a lot, you know, but it's the price for your body feeling this way for winning. Did I win? I didn't win a championship, but I've done a lot of good things in this first year back, and hopefully I can continue it.

LeBron James

#14. The best players don't win championships. The best team players win championships.

John Wooden

#15. We don't have to be superstars or win championships ... . All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.

John Wooden

#16. 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

#17. I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

LeBron James

#18. 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

#19. I'm trying as hard as I possibly can each and every day to get my life better and better and stronger. And if I win championships along the way, so be it.

Tiger Woods

#20. We've been able to handle any team that you guys put in front of us. We've had confidence since day one ... We feel like any team we play against, we've got what it takes to put ourselves in a position to win.

Tristan Thompson

#21. 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

#22. Joe Gibbs helped define what the Washington Redskins stand for - integrity, hard work, determination, winning and championships.

Daniel Snyder

#23. I do feel a kinship for sure. I admire those guys who've won hat-tricks like Andy, and obviously Kelly who's won seven, that's amazing stuff. I think the average surfer thinks it's amazing. The guys who win our championships, they're so amazing.

Mark Occhilupo

#24. Stellar teams are invariably made up of quirky individuals who typically rub each other raw, but they figure out - with the spiritual help of a gifted leader - how to be their peculiar selves and how to win championships as a team ... at the same time.

Tom Peters

#25. We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships.

LeBron James

#26. The only thing I wanted in free agency was an opportunity to continue to chase that dream and continue to win championships.?

Tyson Chandler

#27. Sometimes you have to lose major championships before you can win them. It's the price you pay for maturing. The more times you can put yourself in pressure situations, the more times you compete, the better off you are.

Tom Watson

#28. Entitlement never wins Championships, Investment wins Championships.

Jay Bilas

#29. 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

#30. During one of the 4th quarter huddles, LeBron said to him, 'It doesn't matter what happens to this point. No one is going to remember how many points you had or what type of game you had. Just help us make some plays to win this thing.' And he made some big plays.

Erik Spoelstra

#31. 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

#32. Yeah, I know there's been all this talk this year especially about the 3-point shot and can you win shooting it. There's a lot of different styles that can work. You have to base it on your own personnel.

Steve Kerr

#33. You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.

Don Meyer

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

Julie Foudy

#35. 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

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

Pat Summitt

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

Bear Bryant

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

Will Muschamp

#39. 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

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

Pat Summitt

#41. 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

#42. Winning isn't always championships.

Michael Jordan

#43. 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

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

Byron Scott

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

Bill Parcells

#46. 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

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

Bear Bryant

#48. 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

#49. We lost one, we won two and we lost another one. We'll take 50 percent in four years in championships any day. Obviously, we want to win all of them, but that's just the nature of the game. Not proud of the way we played in this series.

LeBron James

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

Drake

#51. 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

#52. 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

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

Harry Vardon

#54. 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

#55. 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

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

Pat Summitt

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

Eric Bolling

#58. 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

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

Zeljko Obradovic

#60. Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence. The championships, the money, the color; all of these things linger only in the memory. It is the spirit, the will to excel, the will to win; these are the things that endure.

Vince Lombardi

#61. Im winning races, Im still challenging for the world championships, the team is fantastic and I have a great relationship with everybody here - so why would I want to even consider changing?

Kimi Raikkonen

#62. Players dont win championships, organizations do!

Jerry Krause