Title Holder Quotes

You can be world champion, but ranked No 6 in the world, with there being four champions.

This is what champions do: champions defend. They always say you're not a champion until you defend your title.

After a world title run, you can't really call someone else your leader.

I'm a champion, I have to defend this belt.

There are probably one million dudes in America called Kevin Johnson, and beating one of them doesn't make you an all-time great heavyweight.

I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.

I don't necessarily know about the rankings. I always like to look at it as, it's the person with the belt, and it's everybody else.

I've had people say I'm inconsistent, and sure, I've never held a UFC or WEC title.

Winning the belt is one thing. But you're not really a champion until you defend it.

I've won the U.S. Championship. I've won a lot of tournaments.

Myself and every Knockout in the company at the beginning worked so hard to build up a credible women's division in TNA so finally holding the title meant so much to me.

Its Not a Belt, its a Championship Title!

If I want to fight for a 155-pound title - if I hold the 145-pound title - give me the fight.

Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world.

The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions.

You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.

I want to be the first British person to lift a UFC World Title.

A rematch is one of those things that will always be there when you remove a champion, and it's something you definitely need to give them - that chance for a rematch. That's the only way to do it.

To be ECW champion is something that I take very, very seriously.

Happy Birthday, Mr Presidenttttt

I should hold the IWGP title always.

I won the 2011 Visa Championships, the 2012 Pacific Rims, and then the 2013 American Cup (the first and only senior elite competition of my elite career).

I'm definitely an active champion. I'm looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible.

I became the first ever Euro-continental champion in WWF history. Well, besides D-Lo Brown, but he doesn't count.

Best matchup? You know, I don't really know. It doesn't really matter, and whoever has the belt would be fine for me.