I’m a two-time world champion in jiu-jitsu. I can try to submit you.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation – through compassion and courage – about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice.
So, I’m thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of ‘The Joker’ as a name, and as soon as I thought that, I associate it with the playing card, as my family had a tradition of champion playing; my brother was a contract champion bridge player. There were always cards around the house.
I want to be the first champion of the 125-pound division.
I think I got nominated in the MTV Brand New Top 10 because I’m 3x world time karate champion, and I’d probably just beat everyone up if they didn’t put me in it. They were all scared!
Everyone wants to be UFC champion, and that’s my goal and my dream.
Becoming heavyweight champion and holding the top title is on my bucket list. That spot is always getting tighter and tighter, but why not? A man can always dream.
Nothing has been more exciting for me knowing that Ring of Honor is experiencing their best crowds, their best buy rates, and their best merchandise numbers while I’m the champion.
I have nothing bad to say about Briedis. His style is a bit boring, but I respect him. Briedis is a world champion, so he has to be good.
I wasn’t born to be champion – I fought to be champion.
I wouldn’t say that there’s ever been an Olympic champion that didn’t deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
I’m training to be the champion. I become the champion of whatever I put my mind to, so I believe I will be the champion. I think the UFC will be able to realize that, and we’ll see what they say.
If you look at the Intercontinental Champion, historically, that has always belonged to the best of the best in-ring talent, the best wrestler, whatever you want to call it, that came out night after night, produced night after night – and that will be me.
It’s reassuring knowing that people are supporting me and want to know more about me. It comes with being the national champion and making the Olympic team. I think that it’s telling me I’m on the right path.
Divas who say they don’t want to be champion are lying.
If I’m able to win the world championships when I’m not even at my best, then with another year until Rio, maybe I could even become Olympic champion.
I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this year.
Who inside MMA that’s a champion goes to fight Muay Thai? Nobody. But I love competing.
I dream of being champion and dream going out as champion. That’s my biggest motivation.
My goal is to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.
To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off – do not do that to a champion.
The political Right likes to champion individual rights and individual liberty, but it has also worked to enforce morality in relation to abortion, gambling, and homosexuality.
I think everyone deserves their place in this sport, and Bisping has been around, and he’s fought hard and deserves to be the champion.
If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice.
We’ve had a debate about immigration in New Zealand for some time. Now what we’re trying to champion in that conversation is a recognition that New Zealand has been built off immigration. I myself am a third-generation New Zealander.
I got into this business for one reason, and I stayed in this business for one reason: To be the World Heavyweight Champion. I think if you are in professional wrestling, and you don’t have that dream or aspire to be the best and carry that World Heavyweight Championship, then you are in the wrong business.
I would love to end my career as World Champion.
I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I’ve always been my own man.
Going to places like Chicago and New York as the champion is kind of what was really special for me.
Obviously, every fighter wants to be the world champion, and that’s what I want to achieve.
As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.
I’ve always wanted to become a grand-slam champion and to become the best in the world. Without that, the victories aren’t as sweet or the defeats as motivating.
If I would become a champion at 125, I will jump between 115 and 125.
People who champion Trump say they don’t want politics-as-usual. But ‘politic’ is also an adjective. It means ‘tactful and diplomatic.’ It’s necessary for an elected official to be politic.
I want to stay active and busy. I don’t just want to fight a no-name opponent. I want a decent name or a big name or a world champion, somebody who is going to challenge me. That’s just it.
The world is starving for new ideas and great leaders who will champion those ideas.
What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it’s always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.
I champion a real campaign to tackle the rampant corruption that is draining Saudi resources, both financial and human.
If you’re a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
I left home when I was 13. When I was 15, I was living in a youth hostel, and I was the 167-pound amateur wrestling champion.
Why call out the champion in my first title defense? Because that’s who Henry Cejudo is.
Never stop, never give up, never stop giving yourself the self-confidence you need to be a champion.
My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, ‘You can become an Olympic champion.’ And that’s the first time that I’d heard someone else say that to me. I was like, ‘Uh, are you talking to me?’
I’m looking at the belt on the top of the bag across from me, and it still hasn’t fully hit me. There are multiple stages to all of this, but I know that every time I walk into a gym or go to a new locker room since I won the title, I’ve felt like the world champion.
It’s my job to show up, make weight, and prepare to be a world champion if that opportunity presents itself.
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
I’m a champion and I fight like a champion with or without that belt.
Wrestling isn’t real. The falls hurt, sometimes you get punches in the face, but it’s not real. It’s propaganda. Propaganda makes you the giant and me the small guy. Propaganda makes me the champion and makes you unworthy of a title shot.
The top 10 is really a media thing anyway unless you’re the champion, but otherwise, it’s always speculation.
We all have a responsibility to try and make this world better, whether it’s through our work, the causes we champion, the way that we treat people, or the values we impart to the next generation.
On May 29 2016, my wildest dreams came true. I became the WBC cruiserweight champion of the world at Goodison Park. The dream location, the dream title, the dream ending, a third-round knockout of Iunga Makabu.
I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.
I want the chance to show Barrera and the world that I am a true champion.
If you’re the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
To be ECW champion is something that I take very, very seriously.
Boxing is a sport, but it’s also entertainment. I wanted to transcend the sport and be considered just not as a fighter, or a champion, but someone very special.
I didn’t think every day, ‘I’m world champion, I’m world champion,’ not at all.
I was champion soprano of Sussex when I was 16!
Growing up, I would never have thought that I’d be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.
First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I’ve never been a big champion of Ford.
To become the first-ever NXT U.K. Women’s Champion, it’s a part of history.
Sascha is an unbelievable player; he’s going to be a champion. Hopefully, I can get there one day. Hopefully, I can get to his level. I mean, he’s still better than me. But I’ll keep working hard, and hopefully we could start a little bit of a rivalry.
I was a world champion on the trampoline at an international level, and gymnastics competitor.
I really believe if I put my mind in the right place, if I train very hard, if I have good support by my side, I can be the champion again and stay there for a long time.
I love to cook. I’m a sailor. And I was the eighth-grade ping-pong champion.
You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who’s ready when the gong rings – not just before, not just after – but when it rings.
