I was brought into the life of one Bas Rutten in 2001 at a grappling tournament that I was attending to support a friend of mine. I had never met Bas before but, of course, knew who he was: the King of Pancrase, UFC Heavyweight champion, and the commentator with Pride.
Mauro Ranallo
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Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.
Gene Tunney
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It's not my place to compare myself to greats like Tyson, Frazier or men like that. But I would look at a fighter like Evander Holyfield. He's a great heavyweight who worked his way up through the weight classes to become champion and had to beat bigger men along the way.
Wladimir Klitschko
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The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
Jean-Claude Killy
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I was world champion, but I was never able to celebrate it. It was a joke for me.
Caster Semenya
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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
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I've had ups and downs in my career, and if you look at it as a bookmaker, the odds of me becoming a world champion were never in my favour, but I never stopped believing in myself and never stopped trying.
Michael Bisping
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Who else is willing to fight Woodley at six weeks' notice? Nobody. That's why it's come to me. But I will dethrone the champion and start a new era. I'll be an active champion, so they can all get in line.
Darren Till
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I have adapted and feel comfortable in the middle, but I am a world and European champion at right back.
Sergio Ramos
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Donald Trump is a champion for legal immigrants.
Michael Cohen
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I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true.
Yohan Blake
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Goliath was a champion, a monster who had never been beaten, and then this young guy, David, came forward, a child who believed in God and did it.
Tyson Fury
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In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.
Althea Gibson
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I love to cook. I'm a sailor. And I was the eighth-grade ping-pong champion.
Vicki Lawrence
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There are 7 billion people in the world, but there's only one heavyweight champion of the world, and that's me.
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Sheryl Sandberg was a mentor and a champion for me, and she saw something in me that I didn't see in myself.
Stacy Brown-Philpot
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People treat you one way when you're champion, but when you're not the champion, everything changes. People treat you different.
Rafael dos Anjos
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The heavyweight championship of the world was the most coveted title in sports. Everyone knew who the heavyweight champion was. And not only when it was Muhammad Ali or Rocky Marciano: they knew when it was Ingemar Johansson.
Thomas Hauser
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I'm going to be the champion for a long time.
Stipe Miocic
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There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
Pat Riley
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Jon Jones is a great champion, but me in my prime, I was devastating. I was vicious. Nobody could stop me. Of course I could beat him in my prime.
Tito Ortiz
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I feel like it's harder because everyone knows I'm the three-time world champion - it's almost like people are waiting for something bad to happen.
Simone Biles
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It's reassuring knowing that people are supporting me and want to know more about me. It comes with being the national champion and making the Olympic team. I think that it's telling me I'm on the right path.
Nathan Chen
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To finally become world champion after losing out in three previous finals is very satisfying. It shows that if you stick to your goals and work hard, you can achieve them in the end.
Nicola Adams
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