Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.

- Daley Thompson

I've seen teams spend £150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There are no guarantees.

- Gordon Strachan

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

- Gary Neville

I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.

- Gareth Bale

I would agree to some extent that on the Champions Tour that there is a greater premium on putting than the regular tour because of the course setups.

- Fred Funk

The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition.

- Fernando Torres

The American Communists had thrived as champions of domestic reform.

- Earl Browder

We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.

- Eric Cantona

As a professional journalist who nonetheless champions a 'people's' Internet, I am happy to compete against the thousands of amateur bloggers out there reporting and commenting on the same stories I do.

- Douglas Rushkoff

We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes.

- Daniel Kahneman

The Pentagon isn't a place that champions individuality and innovation.

- Aimee Mullins

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I'm inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

- Conor McGregor

The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.

- Betty Cuthbert

Part of me worries about upsetting people, because we all have perceptions about Olympic champions.

- Bradley Wiggins

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

- Billie Jean King

I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.

- Bear Bryant

In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport.

- Alberto Juantorena

There have been great champions in every generation.

- Andy Roddick

Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.

- Adam Peaty

Champions all get kicked when they're down.

- Apolo Ohno