“A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it,' he's a champion.”— Evander Holyfield
“A champion is not made when he succeeds, a champion is made when you look back at the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months, you have spent preparing.”— Nadia Comaneci
“You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.”— James J. Corbett
“To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge.”— Margaret Smith Court
“Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.”— Chuck Noll
“To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.”— Chris Evert
“Champions are not made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.”— Mitch Gaylord
“To be a champion, you have to be a special person. It’s not just about being a good rider, but it’s about a lot of other things.”— Sete Gibernau
“You've got to be a little cocky, you've got to be a little arrogant... to be a champion.”— Maurice Greene