Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
Feedback is the breakfast of champions.
Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
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.
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.
It is always a danger when you have a big game ahead, but there is only one way to prepare well for our Champions League game - and that is to do well tomorrow. Therefore, I feel there is a lot at stake for us tomorrow. It is a massive game for us.
There have been great champions in every generation.
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.
We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.
We're going to be the underdogs again in Istanbul on the 25th, but that suits us. (on the Champions league Final)
Fear Does Not Crown Champions.
There are certainly great cities in America that don't have ATP and WTA events. Our fans are very provincial. They want American champions.
Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy.
We're scared of losing. That's why we win. We know what it's like to lose and we hate it. We enjoy being champions too much.
We need to go there and make sure we bring that cup home. and if we do succeed, then we'll dedicate it to the fans that have waited so patiently since 1984. (on the Champions League)
I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
To me, peanut butter is the breakfast of champions!