Champion quotes
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"We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes."
"Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear"
"I'm the national champion of Jamaica now, I go into the Olympics like this."
"Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions."
"MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world."
"Day, the champion of the people, the one who can't bear to see those around him suffer on his behalf, who would gladly give his life for those he loves."
"Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest."
"The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages."
"It doesn't matter what the income level of your family is, or if English is the first or second language. It makes no difference. The bottom line is that every child can be an academic champion, an academic champion and a superstar in academics."
"If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into their camp, since no rational discussion is possible with men who substitute supernatural revelations for rational evidence-so they cannot admit advocates of force into their camp, because no rational discussion or agreement is possible with men who substitute guns for rational persuasion."
"I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self."
"World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes."
"A champion of the workingman has never been known to die of overwork."
"People know I was the last true champion."
"The mission I set out on in the beginning - to become heavyweight champion of the world, undisputed, lineal champion - you could say that mission is complete."
"You will never be entirely comfortable. This is the truth behind the champion - he is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle."
"To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail."
"Winning isn't always championships."
"The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange ."
"But whoso is heroic must find crises to try his edge. Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs, and the trial of persecution always proceeds."
