#champion

Sometimes life is your opponent and just showing up is a victory. ↗

— John Passaro

#gift #handicap #keep-moving-forward #wrestling #life

Champions keep playing until they get it right. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#champions #get #keep #playing #right

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#focused #i #know #me #need

The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I was elected and started serving in the Senate. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#behind #building #championing #coalitions #colleagues

The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#created #games #glorification #individual #were

Finishing overall champion at the World Series in both the individual and synchro events has given me great confidence and I'm pleased I've been diving with consistency. ↗

— Tom Daley

#both #champion #confidence #consistency #diving

In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares! ↗

— Zac Efron

#basketball #basketball team #championships #day #double

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#champions #championship #did #during #habitual

I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#dempsey #did #i #jack #planning

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#been #before #believe #champion #dream