#champion

My cousin Simon Bor, the champion of Los Angeles, convinced me to concentrate on running. ↗

— Martin Lel

#champion #concentrate #convinced #cousin #los

When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country. ↗

— Bobby Fischer

#championship #country #football #had #i

Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly. ↗

— Chuck Daly

#back #championships #detroit #fondly #generally

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#amount #big #championship #cover #cubs

But I'm good to go through my contract with Childress, and my determination is to win races and try to win that other championship. ↗

— Dale Earnhardt

#childress #contract #determination #go #good

It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#championship #countries #cup #cup finals #drew

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition. ↗

— Olga Korbut

#been #before #big #championship #compete

People confuse being world No. 1 with winning a Major championship. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#championship #confuse #major #people #winning

The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages. ↗

— Esther Williams

#got #i #loved #more #national

Coming back in that AFC Championship Game against the Steelers, that was a poignant moment for me for a lot of reasons - the magnitude of the game and having not been able to play for quite a while and to be able to get on the field for that game. That one stands out. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#against #back #been #championship #coming