#champions

To be a part of a championship team, I'm excited... This is the closest I've ever been to a championship. I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping this team repeat. ↗

— Michael Finley

#challenge #championship #championship team #closest #ever

If I could apologise and go back and change history I would do. But the goal is still a goal, Argentina became world champions and I was the best player in the world. ↗

— Diego Maradona

#argentina #back #became #best #champions

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#basketball #because #championship #disease #i

But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#anything #away #bonus #championships #days

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#bigger #bird #boston #championship #championship team

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit. ↗

— Candace Parker

#championship #credit #dad #dunk #first

You're measured by championships no matter what. ↗

— Candace Parker

#matter #measured #you

He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is. ↗

— Nick Price

#any #because #championships #everything #got

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat. ↗

— Sam Snead

#back #champions #come #defeat #great

I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over. ↗

— Mats Sundin

#career #championship #championship team #i #old