I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that. – Brenda Lee
Bitumen, the new national staple, is redefining the character and destiny of Canada. Rapid development of the tar sands has created a foreign policy that favours the export of bitumen to the United States and lax immigration standards that champion the import of global bitumen workers. – Andrew Nikiforuk
The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career. – David Rudisha
I win at golf. I’m a club champion many times at different clubs. I win at golf. I can sink the three-footer on the 18th hole when others can’t. – Donald Trump
In the Olympics, everything goes back to square one. The world champion or the world record holder or the ninth last year are fighting for the same medal, and you have got to go there like it was the first time. – Cesar Cielo
But go on, valiant champion; you die not as a fool, though the apostate, unfaithful, and lukewarm ministers and professors of this generation think and say so. – Donald Cargill
Muhammad Ali meant everything to me. He inspired me to box after watching re-runs of him winning a gold medal in the Olympics and being a world champion. – Nicola Adams
I had two managers who couldn’t stand each other. I had a promoter, Don King, who couldn’t get any fights, and I was fighting once a year. I knocked out Norton and then didn’t fight for 13 months. Then I fight the heavyweight champion of the world. – Gerry Cooney
I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in ’94, and after that I did Tommy’s tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I’ve just kind of backed off a little. – Elvis Stojko
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic. – Grace Jones
Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest. – Daley Thompson
I always needle a bit when people say I’m a champion of the Poles, because I’ve always had a very multinational view of Poland. – Norman Davies
I would love to earn another fight with Ronda Rousey again. She’s the best in the world, and as a competitor you want to go up against the best. She’s demolished everyone and I think I’m the only one that has taken her into the third round. I’m going to keep fighting and try to earn another fight with her. I’d love to become the UFC World Champion. – Miesha Tate
I’m damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don’t take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me. – Paul Stanley
Ever since I was a child I always wanted to be WWE Champion. I’ve been in love with sports-entertainment for my entire life, and I always wanted to do that. – David Otunga
We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political voice where they can champion, for their own welfare. And, of course, for us. United Nations – organizations, agencies – we need to do our part. – Margaret Chan
Because I was a champion swimmer in Canada, they’re always trying to get me in the water in movies! I’ve drawn the line now with this film. No more water! – Estella Warren
We’d always said boxers shouldn’t lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started that rumor. I noticed if I did weights a couple of times a week, I would be able to hit that jab a lot longer. After sparring, everybody’s gone, and I sneak into the weight room. Spend 40 minutes in there lifting weights. – George Foreman
I’m not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is. – Maggie Q
For me, I believe George Foreman was a bad example because when he became world heavyweight champion again at 42, that made a lot of fighters think they could also carry on. – Marvin Hagler
I go where the revolution is, and the revolution is Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a champion of the Constitution. He’s about getting rid of the Federal Reserve and shrinking federal government. – Christine Ebersole
I was a world champion on the trampoline at an international level, and gymnastics competitor. – Dan Millman