111 Champion Quotes to Make You A Winner

True Champion Quotes

As a true champion, you should read all these champion quotes down below.

• True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.” - Mia Hamm

• A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.” - Dot Richardson

• "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” - Michael Jordan

• "A true champion can adapt to anything.” - Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

• "Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.” - Alex Ferguson

• "A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation.” - Misty Hyman

• "A true champion is not only formed in victory. To be defeated makes you learn.” - Renan Barao

• "A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.” - Dot Richardson

• "f you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.” - Michael Jordan

• "A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.” - John Cena

• "Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.” - T. D. Jakes

• "I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” - Muhammad Ali

• "A true champion and athlete is never satisfied with their performance. You can always do more and always improve.” - Clay Guida

• "The Most Important Thing I Know About the Spirit of Sport... It instills in us the ability to recognize and appreciate the talents of others as well as the gifts we have been given and the ability to work with others as a team. It also allows us to face the challenge of competition, learn from our successes and failures, altogether making us true champions in life.” - Dot Richardson

• "You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time.” - Gail Devers

• "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan

• "Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back.” - Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

• "A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.” - Bas Rutten

• "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” - Michael Jordan

• "People know I was the last true champion.” - Lennox Lewis

• "I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.” - Gerry Cooney

• "If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” - Michael Jordan

• "True champions are team players.” - Alan Cohen

• It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.” - Garth Stein

• If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” - Michael Jordan

Champion Motivational Quotes

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To motivate you, here are some of the champion quotes you need.

• “A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” - Billie Jean King

• “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” - Edith Wharton

• “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” - Camilla Eyring Kimball

• “The most wasted of days is the day without laughter.” - E.E. Cummings

• “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt

• “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” - Truman Capote

• “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

• “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” - Carol Burnett

• “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

• “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, nobody else.” - Les Brown

• “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine

• “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.” - Denis Whitley

• “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” - Albert Einstein

• “The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.” - Joel Brown

• “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” - Billie Jean King

• “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney

• “It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.” - Confucius

• “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill

• “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” - Dr. Seuss

• “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” - Christopher Reeve

• “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas Edison

• “May you live every day of your life.” - Jonathan Swift

• “Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” - Oprah Winfrey

Team Champion Quotes

• "I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.” - Bobby Orr

• "As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC went through Oakland. To achieve your dreams as a team, you had to slay the Oakland Raiders. They were the barometer of what it took to be a championship team.” - Joe Greene

• "I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.” - Ed Belfour

• "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

• "I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.” - Mats Sundin

• "One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.” - Nick Saban

• "There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” - Michael Jordan

• "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” - Michael Jordan

• "If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” - Michael Jordan

• "Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.” - Mike Singletary

• "I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in.” - Michael Strahan

• "Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.” - Magic Johnson

• "Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.” - Jason Kidd

• "The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence about the game understands you must have consistency at that position to be a championship team.” - Ron Jaworski

• "Some people asked me if it was going to be a downer to come back and play on a college team after playing on a world championship team, and I don't think they understand what it is like to play here.” - Lorrie Fair

• "Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.” - Pat Riley

• "Practice is important. The regular season is important. Your meetings are important. Your walk-through is important. Everything is important. You want to be a championship team, there's a price to pay. And that's what you have to do. There's no shortcuts. You can't shortcut your way to success.” - Tom Thibodeau

• "If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.” - Mike Krzyzewski

• "Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five players on the same page at all times.” - Hubie Brown

• "The Mets have shied away from that iconic club because they don't want the current one exposed to that hard-partying culture which, while well-documented, has also been somewhat exaggerated at times. The guys from that championship team are older and more mature now and can warn the current Mets about some of the pitfalls of fame.” - Mookie Wilson

• "It's not about rugby, it's about young men. It's not about building a championship team, it's about building championship boys. Boys who will be forever strong.” - Larry Gelwix

• "I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston.. actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics.. it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly.” - Bill Walton

• "I really believe in setting goals, no matter what it is: whether it's losing five pounds or making the world championship team.” - Dara Torres

• "I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player.” - Doug Collins

• "I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship.” - Richard Jefferson

Funny Champion Quotes

Loosen yourself a little bit by reading some of these funny champion quotes.

• Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.” - Jose Mourinho

• "The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching." - Unknown

• "They didn't get angry because I took my shirt off and got booked, they saw my physique and got jealous.” - Mario Balotelli

• "Champions wear bruises." - Unknown

• “The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” - Ayn Rand.

• “You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” - Robin Williams

• “I am an early bird and a night owl… so I am wise and I have worms.” - Michael Scott

• “If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck.” - Elvis Presley

• “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” - Will Rogers

• “Live each day like it’s your second to the last. That way you can fall asleep at night.” - Jason Love

• “Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.” - Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

• “Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.” - Franklin P. Jones

• “I am an early bird and a night owl… so I am wise and I have worms.” -Michael Scott

• “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas Eddison

• “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible!” - Audrey Hepburn

• “By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” - Robert Frost

• “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” - Terry Pratchett

• “Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.” - Billie Burke

• “When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.” - Unknown

So, have you checked those 111 champion quotes? Which one does motivate you the most?

After finding your favorites, we hope you can back again to the road of the champion because you deserve to become a champion as long as you try the hardest for it.