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If I'm watching my favorite boxer, and he's just won the heavyweight championship of the world, and he retires, it kind of makes the guy a legend.
Jiu jitsu is a great art for self-defense. But jiu jitsu alone won't get you to a world championship in the UFC or even a winning record sometimes.
I'd like to thank my former club, Manchester City, for the support throughout my time in the Championship and during my transition to Huddersfield.
To be able to win a state championship my senior year with the coaches and with some of my closest friends in the world - that was a special memory.
Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models.
You do get labelled in the game, and that's why I enjoyed my time managing in the Championship. I'd back myself against most people in that division.
Every great basketball team, every team that's on a championship journey takes steps each year, taking a step further than they were the year before.
I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.
Interest in a sport peaks during its championship season. That's when even casual observers turn on their television sets, and lifelong fans are born.
When I first won my WWE Championship, I just got to TV - I believe I was there five months. Everything just happened so fast; it was like a whirlwind.
I had other proposals and I was talking to people but then I decided that staying at Ferrari would give me my best chance of winning the championship.
Honestly, the Carolina games I played in every year were more intense than the national championship games I played in - they had a better environment.
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.
Winning the WWE Championship has been my dream for a very long time. But what motivates me more is to inspire people to go out and follow their dreams.
When you end the European Championship the best goal-scorer in your own country, you show the world that you have the shoulders to handle the pressure.
Normally the teams that are in the NFC and AFC championship games are the teams that are going to be right there in the forefront as the season begins.
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never looked back since then.
The England team shouldn't be picked on whichever players are in the Premier League when you've got a Premier League player playing in the Championship.
The profile is to find if someone can perform in the Championship and help you win, and also play in the Premier League because that has to be the goal.
I had only been training for a year and half when I did the World Games. Then the next year I did the British championship as a heavyweight and won that.
Every year you suit up, you play for a championship. Some years, some teams... it was very few times I think I played on that realistically had a chance.
A guy like me, yes, I am good in terms of championship races, and that's where I dominate - but in terms of running fast times, I haven't quite done that.
Nothing guarantees a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the right thing every day.
My goals are for the U.S. team to get to the second round of the World Cup and to win a championship here in the U.S. with my club team the Columbus Crew.
For me, to get any match is fine. For me to be thrown right into the mix and be named No. 1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship is a blessing.
For the moment, I am more focused on classical chess rather than rapid and blitz, as I am hoping to make my move in the classical World championship cycle.
Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, 'We want to win a championship,' but you've got to have a goal of getting to the playoffs first.
When I won the United States Championship at Hell in a Cell, it was awesome. It was my first championship ever in WWE, so it's a really cool moment for me.
The goal is to win a championship, but when you win and you play pretty well, and you start hearing 'All-Star' and 'Sixth Man.' That's really unbelievable.
If you know you're just fighting for the money and you're not fighting for the championship, you're going to lose, so I thought, 'It's time for me to quit.'
I've played at a European Championship; to represent your country at a World Cup is every boy's dream, and for me, it would definitely be a dream come true.
I won the NXT championship as a heel; then the fans grew to respect - not love, respect - me. I was popular because I was seen as the next to get called up.
Our championship committee pledged to review entry conditions and to assess how women golfers might compete on equal terms with men for a place in the Open.
It ranks right up there with winning a championship, being selected as one of the 50 greatest athletes in the NBA. It's definitely a highlight in my career.
The best match I ever played in was the U.K. championship final against John Parrot in 1992. I won 16-14 and I felt like I could pot anything from anywhere.
I left Brazil very early, before reaching the top level of the Brazilian championship. That made a difference: I was not seen as a 'name' around the country.
I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.
You can sit and imagine what it is like to go into a hostile stadium, or what it's like to play for the AFC championship, but you never know until you do it.
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.
Come on, everyone wants to win a championship, but a lot of players have had great careers without one. Sometimes it just doesn't happen for whatever reason.
I always get up for every game, but this game is especially big. It's a do-or-die thing. This could be (decide) whoever wins the regular-season championship.
When I entered the sport of boxing I wanted to be one of the best and be undefeated. And I was able to attain that, not just one championship title, but four.
I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the World Championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.
My ultimate goal, really, is to win a championship. That's my ultimate goal no matter the statistics or how I do it or what numbers I put up in the box score.
That's one of the reasons I decided to come to Boston - to contend and win a championship, especially with the history of the Celtics and what they stand for.
My greatest moment in my whole career is when I became the first non-Brazilian to win the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship. That was my greatest moment.
It's always a big thing when you get to hold the championship because it shows that not only are you capable but that the company as a whole has faith in you.
The first championship in 2005 will always be the most special but winning this fifth one was by far my best performance because of the strength of the field.
I realized my dream and was proud to be a Superstar. I never won a title, but being hired by WWE and being a Superstar, to me, was like winning a championship.
You know, I think the stats are out whoever won the Tour Championship never made it back the next year. There's a reason for that. It's hard. It's just tricky.