#championships

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

#am #behind #championships #even #few

To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships. ↗

— Cristiano Ronaldo

#being the best #best #championships #countries #different

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

#american #championships #classics #each #feel

Winning isn't always championships. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#championships #winning

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

#because #better #championships #crisis #epitome

Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#championships #four #gay #gold #gold medals

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

— Michael Jordan

#games #intelligence #talent #teamwork #wins

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

#championships #constantly #fitness #i #improving

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships. ↗

— Tracy Austin

#championships #coast #i #indoor #pacific

My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#championships #father #fun #gave #good