#champion

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#games #intelligence #talent #teamwork #wins

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period. ↗

— Dennis Bergkamp

#championship #christmas #especially #focus #game

In this man’s smile was all the unfairness of the world in its thuggish seduction. “Just come with me. We’ll take care of you.” “No, you won’t.” Taylor stroked the man’s cheek. She reached her arms up to cradle the back of his head and, with the skill of a champion, she broke his neck. Then she dragged him into the bushes, took his gun and walkie-talkie, and kept moving. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice. ↗

— Barbara Olson

#al gore #cause #champion #championing #found

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

#any #case #championships #cups #european

We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song for a very experienced side. ↗

— Michel Patini

#champions #european #experienced #hitch #qualified

Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#both #champions #coming #commonwealth #community

I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through. ↗

— Ann Romney

#championing #going #i #know #people

We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#get #knew #struggle #without #world

We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours? ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#battles #been #black #champions #class