John Atkinson Quotes

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.

You may be the best team in the world, but you can't win all the tournaments. That's what the media does not understand.

Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it.

Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

Most of my recognition comes from us winning that championship. The words may not come out - 'Super Bowl III' - because a lot of the folks at the grocery store, gas station or mall weren't even born when we won the Super Bowl. But they're aware of it. It has had a tremendous impact on my life since then.

People like being on winning teams.

The best thing for the fans is having a team with a chance to win. That's what everyone wants.

I just want to win as a team, take road games, play some of the top teams and beat them to make the playoffs.

Obviously I want to be there at the end every time, winning games for the team.

My desire, like everyone else, is to see the team win.

Money and all that stuff doesn't equal a ring, because you'll always be in the books as winning a championship and being on one of the best teams ever to play the game.

I had never won anything until I won my first Stanley Cup.

Hopefully I can win a ring before it's all said and done. Hopefully they'll remember me as being a champion.

You have to pick up things from the big teams, who are always in finals and winning big trophies.

It felt great knowing that I got to help the winningest class in Villanova history, to be able to be a part of that. It's something special.

Honestly, for me, when the Pacers win a championship, I'll feel a little bit better.

The ultimate goal is to win a championship.

To see a small, modest team built on hard work, where the players are so close, so together, win week after week, stay up there and play so well, when they're so consistent and they win the league, that makes people take them to their hearts.

I really got a taste for winning titles at Lille.

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.

You want to be the team that is on the field when the last out is made on the winning side. That's obviously the holy grail in the game that I play, and that's what every player strives for.

What I made clear to our front office is we're going to be judged by wins and losses. It isn't about having a marquee star player and coming in last place. That's not what Lakers basketball is. Lakers basketball is winning basketball.

It's difficult to win trophies with Dortmund but it's always possible. And when it happens, the feeling is simply indescribable.

For me, Arsenal is a football training centre. You watch the match, you enjoy it, but are you going to win a title afterwards? That's what people remember.