Quotes with championship

  • On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.
  • Teofilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in b

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  • Pat Riley Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.
    Pat Riley
    American basketball coach (1945 - )
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  • Bill Parcells If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist Knowing the opportunity to win a championship here in Chicago, right now, that's the main motivation for me.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Billy Corgan My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Burgess Owens On our way to the Super Bowl XV Championship, the Oakland Raiders played a frigid 1981 AFC playoff game in Cleveland, in which the temperatures plunged to -35 degrees. I remember looking up in the stands to see a dedicated Cleveland Brown fan celebrating topless.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Boris Spassky On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Richard Dawkins Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
    Richard Dawkins
    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1941 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler Teofilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in boxing.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Bode Miller That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Bob Uecker The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
    Bob Uecker
    American Major League Baseball (MLB) player (1934 - )
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  • Bob Cousy The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.
    Bob Cousy
    American basketball player (1928 - )
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  • Bianca Walkden The World Championship gold was a surprise and took a lot of pressure off in terms of qualifying for Rio, but I still need more points, and winning in Manchester would be massive for me.
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  • Bernhard Langer There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship.
    Bernhard Langer
    German professional golfer (1957 - )
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  • Barry Sheene They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan.
    Barry Sheene
    British professional motorcycle racer (1950 - 2003)
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  • Ben Zobrist We've got to win a championship and bring a World Series trophy back to Chicago.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Duffy Daugherty When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.
    Duffy Daugherty
    American football player and coach (1915 - 1987)
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