Famous quotes containing the words athletic, association and/or champions:
“The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.”
—Douglas Jerrold (1803–1857)
“An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)