Candace Parker
Professional Basketball Player
"You're measured by championships no matter what."
Championship quotes
Championship
78 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Jerry West
Basketball Player
"As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them."
Michael Jordan
Professional Basketball Player
"Winning isn't always championships."
Tracy Austin
Tennis Player
"I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships."
Laila Ali
Professional Boxer, Television Personality
"When I entered the sport of boxing I wanted to be one of the best and be undefeated. And I was able to attain that, not just one championship title, but four."
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"I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything."
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"I dont believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs."
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"They've been a thorn in our side, but we're playing for more than just revenge. We're coming out and playing for the Big Ten tournament championship. If we beat them, that'll be great."
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"I’m here to win a championship. I’m not here to goof around"
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"Of course they remember. But it's not gonna be about revenge; it's gonna be about the Big Ten championship."
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"When you think about Peyton Manning, you think about numbers. When you think about Tom Brady, you think about championships"
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"I'm a guy who is just trying to be successful in whatever I do, and I give everything to my teammates, give everything to the coaching staff. When you fall short, it hurts and it eats at you, and it hurts me to know that I wish I could have done better and done more and just put a little bit more effort or whatever the case may be to help us get over the hump. But it just wasn't our time."
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"We aren't comfortable. We are not satisfied. We have to stay even-keeled."
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"I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason."
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"I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now."
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"Sometimes you only get to win one championship."
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"I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship."
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"It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it."
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"Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing."
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