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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
- Long
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The days of the heavyweight champion as civil rights leader are long gone. You think you'd see Ali rolling around on the floor of an ESPN Zone? I don't think so.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I put forth an effort to try to build a championship team and to be a champion. And it hasn't worked out.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rhetorically, President Obama is a champion of bipartisanship. In practice, though, he is almost always its enemy.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm ready to be the underdog and challenge the champion. I'm ready to go out there and prove people wrong.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, I know rematches are always nice, but me beating the champion of my weight class in a competitive fight is nice, too.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I have done many roles with negative shades, such as 'Awara Paagal Deewana' and 'Champion.' But in 'Ashoka,' I played a positive character.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
After 'Champion,' I got like 20,000 psychopath roles! And they wanted me to strip and show my body in every film. But I have tried to balance my roles.
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It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
- Legend
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to just be a champion, and I'm done with that. I wanna be a lightweight legend.
- Train
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- Nov 07, 2020
I train to be the champion.
- Money
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My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.
- Glorification
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.
- Diversity
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