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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's guys who train hard. There's guys who believe they're real tough. But there's only a certain amount of guys who believe - like, really believe - they should be the champion. I know I have that mentality, and I know other guys who have that mentality.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 133-pounder all through college, and that's probably my natural fighting weight, but if it isn't broken, why fix it? I've been a champion at 145.
- Contender
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I was a world champion and a top contender at the highest level for over a decade, but I think I'll be remembered as somebody that was an ambassador for the sport, someone who helped build something bigger than myself, and also for the team I've been able to build.
- Heavyweight Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like a dream come true, coming to the Olympic trails and leaving being the champion.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was World Series champion in individual and synchro for the first time which was awesome.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It means so much to be European champion again with a personal best and I couldn't have asked for anything more.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Retiring as the champion and being the only athlete to ever do that, I think goals like that are set in the mind. I want to make that happen.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't need more of the same, typical politicians fighting for themselves and for special interests. We need someone to believe in our small-business owners again and someone to champion those folks who play by the rules.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company.
- Heavyweight Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The heavyweight championship of the world was the most coveted title in sports. Everyone knew who the heavyweight champion was. And not only when it was Muhammad Ali or Rocky Marciano: they knew when it was Ingemar Johansson.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when the heavyweight champion was a fighter of limited ability, he was still the heavyweight champion of the world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was the fight. I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.
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- Nov 07, 2020