#champion

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best. ↗

— Althea Gibson

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Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ↗

— Steve Backley

#inspirational #life-changing #mind-body-spirit #motivational #new-thought

Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering on. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#crystal-hubbard #game-set-match-champion #life

My cousin Simon Bor, the champion of Los Angeles, convinced me to concentrate on running. ↗

— Martin Lel

#champion #concentrate #convinced #cousin #los

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

#beyond #championships #come #given #gone

It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#championship #countries #cup #cup finals #drew

It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we don't fight tyranny it will not leave us alone in peace. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#because #been #bush #champion #emphasized

In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#cuba #our #promote #use

Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#life #methodical #strong #very #want

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

#best #brazil #champions #explain #feeling