#champ

The great champions were always vicious competitors. You never lose respect for a man who is a vicious competitor, and you never hate a man you respect. I don't like Rod Laver because he's such a vicious competitor, but I don't dislike him. ↗

— Pancho Gonzales

#because #champions #competitor #competitors #dislike

Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion. ↗

— Robert Goulet

#become #champion #friends #him #i

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. ↗

— Graham Greene

#better #challenge #champagne #detector #detectors

True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#champions #guts #most #ones #those

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#champion #else #exhaustion #looking #nobody

I know we will look back on this and think how odd it was we were championing the rights of lone mothers to bring up their children on benefit. ↗

— Harriet Harman

#benefit #bring #championing #children #how

You don't even have to win a championship every year to draw the fans. You just have to show you're really trying. ↗

— Tom Hicks

#draw #even #every #fans #just

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

#average #before #begin #championships #day

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal. ↗

— Sarah Hughes

#dream #goal #lifelong #mine #olympic

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#champion #every #hated #i #life