Fighter Quotes

• You'd better not be trying to steal that," she said. The boy shrugged and reached for the small rolling suitcase at her feet. "I wouldn't dare." "Because I'm an excellent yeller." "I don't doubt it." "And fighter. My cousin gave me this nail file... the thing's just like a switchblade.

  

  Ally Carter
  • Fighter
  • Cousin
  • Suitcase

• Fighting is pure chaos, and to be a good fighter you simply have to be prepared mentally and physically to handle that chaos.

  

  B.J. Penn
  • Good
  • Fighting
  • Chaos

• The roughest and toughest fighter I fought was Joe Frazier.

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • Fighter
  • Fought
  • Roughest

• A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds.

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • Condition
  • Fighter
  • Coast

• As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success, which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.

  

  Adolf Galland
  • Thinking
  • Long
  • Success

• I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • History
  • Fighter
  • Register

• I never had a dime to my name before I became a fighter. I never had friends before, or respect. Now when people see me on the street, they turn around and say, "Ain't that Sonny Liston, the fighter?

  

  Sonny Liston
  • People
  • Say
  • Now

• I'm the greatest fighter in the entire world, how can I be afraid? I love people and people love me.

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • World
  • Love
  • Afraid

• If I was mentoring a young fighter, I'd tell him to spend more time on boxing. That doesn't mean I would ignore kickboxing - you still need to learn the defenses - but in stand-up, it's hard to beat good, solid boxing.

  

  Chael Sonnen
  • Mean
  • Boxing
  • Defense

• I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • Business
  • Fighter
  • No Respect

• Right now, it's very difficult to single out one fighter, pound-for-pound, who is the best. Right now, it's very complex. Miguel Cotto, Mayweather and Zab Judah's a good fighter as well.

  

  Roberto Duran
  • Difficult
  • Fighter
  • Complex

• The best fighter is never angry.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Angry
  • Fighter

• Carolyn Maloney has been a consistent fighter for Afghan women but also for International Family Planning Bills.

  

  Eleanor Smeal
  • Women
  • Family
  • Planning

• I think Kirk Johnson is a more exciting fighter than Chris Byrd. A lot of people agree with me when it comes to that.

  

  Lennox Lewis
  • Exciting
  • Kirk Johnson
  • Chris Byrd

• Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • Boxing
  • Fighter
  • Except

• From the public's perspective, they like to see guys that go out there and stand. Now, if you happen to be one of those two athletes that are standing out there and trading with each other, afterwards you would disagree with those people. The spectators are not on the receiving end of all those strikes. I have young guys who say, "I like to stand and trade." I say, "Really? Then you are not a very intelligent fighter."

  

  Dan Severn
  • Perspective
  • Stand
  • Athletes

• People like Eliot because he's a fighter, not a quitter, ... If Mr. Weld thinks Eliot was too tough on corporate crooks, he is out of touch. If he thinks New Yorkers want a patsy for governor, he's wrong.

  

  Eliot Spitzer
  • People
  • Governor
  • Crooks

• The main fighter for the DSP [Deutsch-Sozialistische Partei or German Socialist Party], as I have said, was Julius Streicher, then a teacher in Nuremberg. At first he, too, had a holy conviction of the mission and the future of his movement.

  

  Adolf Hitler
  • Teacher
  • Movement
  • Mission

• He was WBC champion, I was mandatory. He had his opportunity to earn big money and defend against me, and he chose not to. It's as simple as that. He did not want to fight 'The Cobra', cos he knew he was probably going to get one of these (his fists) on the chin and it was going to be all over.

  

  Carl Froch
  • Opportunity
  • Simple
  • Fighting

• You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Lover
  • Freak
  • Punch

• To be successful in sports or business, you really have to live the lifestyle. Success is about lifestyle. Just because I was training and working hard, that didn't make me champion or a good fighter. My lifestyle made me a good fighter. In my mind and my daily life, I was the heavy weight champ when I was 15 or 14. I lived the life of the heavyweight champion, and that's who I became. And that is so much more than just training. So, when the time presented itself, that's who I already was. I was ready. I was already there.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • Business
  • Fighter
  • Heavyweight Champ

• In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because they’re ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didn’t see coming.

  

  Todd Burpo
  • Boxing
  • Ready
  • Vicious

• Trainers give of themselves. So, I learned and I projected it with my fighter.

  

  Angelo Dundee
  • Learned
  • Trainers
  • Projected

• Sometimes I'm under the impression some of the fights happen that they shouldn't happen because a guy's cheating. Also, I think when something like this happen they should have not only a suspension but also monetary wise enforce a penalty. Maybe take the purse of the fighter to the other fighter.

  

  Georges St-Pierre
  • Thinking
  • Fighting
  • Sometimes

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