Obviously, people say offense wins games, defenses win championships. But I think, at the end of the day, if you score more points than the other team, you’re going to win.
We’ve brought championships to Tampa and we’ve had successes elsewhere. But one thing that drives us day in and day out is we have one Super Bowl ring but we’ve got many more fingers.
World Championships is the toughest competition in the world.
What I think happened to the new arenas is that you need some memories. I remember going when the Staples Center first opened and it was like, ‘OK,’ but a couple championships later, and all of a sudden it becomes your house. You have to stake claim to it.
No matter what job I’ve undertaken, whether it was Glory Kickboxing or Strikeforce or Pride Fighting Championships or Showtime Championship Boxing, you have to play by the rules of the company you work for.
I will only be 29 in 2016 for the European Championships, but the French national team doesn’t make me happy.
But as much as I am personally proud for winning five championships, I’m equally proud just being part of a women’s division that has gotten so much better with all these great athletes here.
You’re measured by championships no matter what.
I made my first World Championships team at 12.
Playing in a World Cup or in a European Championships is like a dream come true.
I know I hold the contest record for downing the most hot dogs, and the record for most Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Contest championships, but it was really cool to be a part of a Guinness World Records official attempt.
I want to be M.V.P. one day. But for me, it’s all about championships.
I’m lucky and blessed to have so many tag-team championships.
Honestly, to me, the WWE championship and the Universal championship are the same thing. They’re the top championships on the respective brands.
I want to win championships.
I want to play 11, 12 years right here and then retire – and win us some national championships, and be the Michael Jordan of Charlotte. This is the place that drafted me, that paid me. This is the place I should be loyal to.
It’s a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
That’s still hard for me to believe that I’ve been on a team that has won three championships.
We all understand football is entertainment. And people like high-scoring games. But you still have to play defense to win championships.
To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.
In 1990 I qualified to play in the World Championships for the first time. I was ranked 125-1 to win but I knew I could do it.
When WWE announced that the women’s division will be getting Tag Team Championships, I don’t think there was a girl in the locker room who wasn’t totally pumped.
That’s why we play sports, is to compete for championships.
Going to a foreign country, winning championships, having a statue, getting a green card, the key to the city, a museum – that’s not something I can say I could ever see happening.
I can say when it comes to championships it’s a tactical race and normally you don’t have a pacesetter who can set a pace for fast times. That is why you see that obviously we fall around 1:43 because that is the most favorable one can run from the front.
Being at NDSU and winning national championships, everyone’s gunning for you. You got a big target on your back, and we had to be ready to go week in and week out. I think playing for a program like that, everyone’s going to give you their best shot, and we embrace that.
I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.
My first major championships was in 2005, which makes me feel ancient. I’m really proud of playing in all the tournaments, yet I can have all the caps in the world, but there’s no point if you don’t have a gold medal.
I have great respect for Juve, whom gave me so much, where I won two championships.
I’ve won midget championships, a junior-league title, two World Junior Championships and some other minor-hockey championships, but I don’t think teams win because I’m on them.
Joe Gibbs helped define what the Washington Redskins stand for – integrity, hard work, determination, winning and championships.
I’ve been with clubs who won the league championships in Holland and England, which was brilliant, and to win the Champions League with Manchester United was an amazing experience.
World Cups and European Championships should feature the best teams. When you keep increasing the number of teams, you dilute the quality.
When you try to be a role model, not everybody can relate to some of your highs – awards, championships. But everybody can relate to the lows. Everybody’s gotten fired from a job or gotten cut. People learn more about you in those lows than they do in the highs.
For me I’m a NASCAR driver, and I want to be able to win NASCAR championships.
I love the game of basketball, and as long as I can do that, keep playing and try to get some more championships with the organization, I’ll be happy.
It never bothered me when people would say, ‘You only win championships because you’re playing with Shaq.’ It bothered me when he said it.
If we’re about winning world championships, we can’t just have all of our focus be on the Olympics.
I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, ‘If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don’t care.’ I then won Olympic gold.
Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, ‘We’re just going to be the best, and we’re going for the championships.
I just love playing in major championships.
It’s tough to win major championships. So many things and emotions go through your mind.
After doing boxing a little bit, I knew that I wanted to achieve what the other boxers were achieving: the championship and whatever comes with the championships.
My focus is on training and championships. I will look at business after retirement… maybe 20 years later.
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!
There are many things I’m looking forward to in 2013, both personally and professionally. Plans for new restaurants in the U.S., including Eataly Chicago, are underway, and I’m gearing up for the 2013 Ironman world championships in Hawaii – if I’m lucky enough to get a spot!
Ultimately, if you can say that I’m a bad owner and we’re winning championships, I can live with that. But if we’re not making the playoffs and we’re spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I’m not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.
Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate – my ultimate goal is winning championships and – and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.
The Asian Championships are like the Olympics because the top 6 or top 8 are already here.
From the beginning, make no mistakes, I’m a prizefighter and doing this for the money. Money first. And then championships.
Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.
For me, being a part of the halcyon days of Pride Fighting Championships and then watching the explosion of the UFC following the ‘Ultimate Fighter,’ I’ve been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.
The Warriors getting Kevin Durant, yes you won championships, which I guess is all that matters, I think at the end, and I’m just saying this as someone from the outside, it almost looks like it diminishes everything that was accomplished before him. It takes the allure of the Warriors away.
Going out there and losing is so easy. I want stuff to be hard – that’s why I want to win championships, I want to win games.
Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I’ve won. I’m still the same person. I’m Sheryl.
I don’t dwell on things. When I won the World Championships in Moscow, I came back – that was it.
I was missing out on public school and going to the football games, prom or homecomings. But I’ve been to three World Championships… so I think it’s like a win-win.
People ask me all the time now, what’s the most memorable moment of your career? It’s always the championships. The first goal, the 50th – it doesn’t matter. It’s always the championships.
When I watch Ernie Johnson do the celebration at the conference championships, I marvel at how smooth he is. The guy is just the consummate pro.
I have won Russia at least 16 world championships. I have fought for my country.
But yeah, a lot of people compare me to Magic. The physical appearance, the tall point guard, the ability to pass the ball. But comparisons are one thing, it’s up to me to go out and play my game, get those wins, those championships, that’s the only way those comparisons can get closer, but he’s a legend.
