Rocky Marciano Quotes

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.

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

What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

The great teams find a way to win.

Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do.

To stay at the elite end of professional sport you need to show an awful lot of dedication.

I can honestly say I want to be one of the best to ever play the game.

A champion must be ready at all times.

I need to remain humble, stay disciplined and keep training. That's how I will continue to be a champion.

I think that the minute that you have a backup plan, you've admitted that you're not going to succeed.

I don't have to think. My only job is to show up and win.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.

The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.