“You don’t have to win a championship to be a champion.” –Don Meyer
“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have late-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” -Muhammad Ali
"Champions separate the important from the unimportant. They know that good press, playing time, or individual honors aren't as important as knowing you and your teammates have responded to the challenge together." -Don Shaw
“A true champion is one who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the obstacles, who never makes excuses and always gives one hundred percent. That’s a real champion...When you have that passion to see just how good you can be, then you can accomplish almost everything you put your heart into.” -Dr. Dot Richardson
"Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do all the ordinary things better than anyone else." -Chuck Noll
“In every walk of life there is some sort of suffering and heartache that you’ve got to face, but the champion is the one who can meet it with a stiff upper lip, with faith in God, and somehow, even with that hurt and pain in his heart, he keeps on going to achieve greatness.” –Bob Richards
“Other guys say they want to be a Pro Bowl caliber player… But I want to be considered a championship caliber player because that is what sports is all about, winning championships.” -Tedy Bruschi
“There are no half-hearted champions.” –John Maxwell
