A Quote by Chael Sonnen
I'm not after the money or the fame. I'm after the world championship, and that's it.
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After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.
Fame and money are gifts given to us only after we have gifted the world with our best, our lonely, our individual truths.
I oughta be rich. But, you know, if you don't spend all your time looking after money, somebody else will. The guys who look after money, they're the ones who get the money.
The one I was driving for at the time, Nissan, they pulled out after they won the championship, because it was costing millions of pounds to do a national championship and ok, that might be ok when you're doing an international championship, but not for a national one.
They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan.
I have realised that we are running after things that are so temporary and fleeting - be it fame or money or anything like that.
I don't run after money or fame. The only thing I have always wished is to be a classical singer.
So in that way, fame has become a weirder thing to go after, but the thing about me is I've never been after fame. That sounds cliché, but it's true. I think fame sounds uncomfortable to me, but being able to like write this book and make my living doing very exciting, creative stuff sounds really amazing. It has been really amazing.
I'm not going to go fight the best guys in the world without getting championship fights or championship money; it makes no sense.
I became number one just after the World Championships in India. I was very young then, and I remember it was just a great feeling, my first World Championship.
Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.
I was very proud after winning the World Championship the first time, so to win it three times, and consecutively, would be great.
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
Just about every Super Bowl team takes the first 3 days after the conference championship to get their players' ducks in a row: They purchase tickets, set family up with hotels, and take care of other loose ends. After that, it's work time.
After I left the Nets, I found out what it takes to not just make the Finals, but to win a championship. I think I have a sense now of how you build a championship structure and how you maintain that structure.
After the clouds, the sunshine; after the winter, the spring; after the shower, the rainbow; for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease, after life's cares and sorrows, the comfort and sweetness of peace.
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