- Become
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- Nov 07, 2020
Champion Quotes
Words from fighters who reached the top.
These quotes come almost entirely from combat sport, including a fighter who calls reaching the top of the sport a lifelong ambition finally fulfilled, and another who claimed the youngest title in their organization's history. A recurring thread is loyalty, fans who stuck around from the earliest days of a career.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Heavyweight Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first went to Fitzroy Lodge, I said I was going to be heavyweight champion of the world and retire when I was 30. This is when I was 10.
- Heavyweight Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always told everyone I'd be heavyweight champion of the world one day. They'd say, 'All right, whatever.' I said, 'OK, you'll see.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, being heavyweight world champion and Olympic sprint champion are the two greatest prizes in sport.
- Surprise
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- Nov 07, 2020
Carry yourself like a champion now so when you get there, it's not a surprise.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time we do a new record, we do the best we can. For us, every record is stepping into the ring with another heavyweight champion.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The political Right likes to champion individual rights and individual liberty, but it has also worked to enforce morality in relation to abortion, gambling, and homosexuality.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The UFC want me as their champion. The welterweight division needs me as its champion. It's been static for too long. I'll win the title, defend it a couple of times, and then move up to middleweight.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
So much of boxing is to do with your mental state. Evander Holyfield talks about spirit. I definitely have that spirit and feel like I've got something special inside me. It's about me bringing it out, controlling it and using it to become world champion.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
To go in the record books as British champion is something else and a step towards being top of the division.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Lyoto Machida, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, all shared a two-bedroom apartment together.
- Being Used
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from being a guy who was sparingly being used on television to being the World Heavyweight Champion and the focus of a lot of the storylines on Smackdown.
- Nov 07, 2020