Quotes on Championship

In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.

I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.

No matter how well you do in the regular season, it has to be capped off with a championship to really mark your legacy in the game.

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.

When I talk about a successful program, define that. It's not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.

I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

The major championships have always been a special focus in my career and, as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be.

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind.

For me right now I think being the world number one is a bigger deal than being the world champion because I think it shows better who plays the best chess. That sounds self-serving but I think it's also right.

What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings

Growing up I wasn't the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope.

There’s a reason why players that have multiple championships have multiple championships. There’s a certain characteristic and an understanding and knowledge and that’s not something that’s easily taught. You kind of have to go through it and it kind of has to be part of your DNA from the beginning.

To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.