Sentence examples for make the champion from inspiring English sources

There was hardly a soul in the house who did not make the champion a firm favourite.

"The financial resources don't necessarily make the champion, but it's really hard for these athletes to commit to their sport for a decade," he said.

Muscle doesn't make the champion, and for all the requisite size and racket technology, women's tennis especially is still a game that often comes down to guile and raw nerve.

Santa Cruz moved forward in an attempt to walk down his opponent, while Frampton used head movement and deft footwork to score with counters and make the champion miss.

They all helped to make the champion what he or she is.

But the west country club do not have a free weekend until early April, and that is only if they fail to make the Champions Cup quarter-finals.

For Spurs, it will be of little solace that these are the kind of nights – with the volume turned up, the drama near unremitting and knockout football at its most attractive – that can make the Champions League feel so special.

Tomorrow, as Leeds and Arsenal are trying to make the Champions Cup semi-finals, Chelsea travel to Spurs aiming for their third consecutive away win, with victory vital if their late surge up the table is to be rewarded.

The current percentage matches that given to the clubs who make the Champions League final.

"You take this player and you sculpt them, and if they have inside of them what makes the champion, like Monica did, you get a great joy," he said in 1992.

Khan repeatedly made the champion look clumsy in round two, landing with rapier-like combinations before darting out of range.