Championship Contender Quotes

To be a contender in the Big Ten a squad must have a solid player at every position.

If you're joining the Knicks, there's expectations that follow that; there's a lot that comes with it.

The difference between an 8-8 team and a team that goes 12-4 is not that much, and I think we realize that.

To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all.

The Cubs, we built one of best farm systems - I think for a while there, it was the best farm system in baseball. And that was great. It got a lot of attention. But we didn't want the credit for the farm system. What we wanted was to see if we could do the tricky part, which was turn a lauded farm system into a World Series champion.

If you've led the championship after seven races you should be fighting for the title.

I want to be in the playoffs every year.

Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table.

The Bulls are first class in every way: great people, organization, culture, and a great place to play basketball.

I don't feel I need to come and drive the race of Lewis Hamilton's life. I think I've driven pretty well this year and I plan to drive Lewis Hamilton's best this weekend.

We have the talent in place, and I think if you are a Jaguars fan, you should be excited, and you should have some expectations that we're going to be a sustainable, winning organization now.

I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get to experience in their careers.

I've been blessed enough to be on a great team, gone to the divisional round five years in a row or whatever it was. That's special. Not everybody gets an opportunity to do that.

Once you are first in the East, one of the top teams in the league, you have a target on your back every night.

Even teams that win 110 games have stretches when they don't play well.

LeBron is one of the greats. He's going to hit tough shots. You have to be able to live with them and limit everyone else around him.

Maybe I am the driver who got the most close to the championship in history.

I think there's a lot of talent in the Big 12. I think there's a lot of good football teams. It's tough to play in the Big 12.

When a coach arrives at Juve, he has to win every Sunday, no draw matters, all that matters are the three points.

We want to be in playoffs, we want to fight for a title.

The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence about the game understands you must have consistency at that position to be a championship team.

We had some great years in Portland. We went to the finals twice. We won 63 games one year. You can't tell me those weren't championship teams.

We want to make the Cleveland Cavaliers a perennial champion and contender. We want people to be part of the franchise for long periods of time if they fit our culture, no matter who they are, whether it's LeBron or anybody that contributes.

I think as long as you have Kobe Bryant on your team, anything can happen in the playoffs.

You always want to have good balance. That's the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.