Fighters Quotes
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Everybody knows that I am one of the greatest fighters of all time and I would beat all those guys.
Larry Holmes -
Mike Tyson was one of the fighters who motivated me. How? We both used to train at the Golden Gloves boxing gym. I used to see his Rolls-Royce, his diamond Rolex on, and I said, 'You know what? Those are the things that I want.'
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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I was an emotional manipulator of fighters . . . You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have no -emotions, no feelings. It takes time, though, to develop that. I'd been working on that since I was 12 years old. It doesn't happen overnight.
Mike Tyson -
George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed.
Larry Holmes -
All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps.
Larry Holmes -
Great fighters get beat, and great fighters come back.
Naseem Hamed -
I'd see people being really successful, whether it was my teammates or big-name fighters like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and I'd think, 'I want to be a legend like that.'
Holly Holm -
It's like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium.
Dick Trickle
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I'm not here to judge Mike Tyson. I'm not here to judge nobody. I'm not here to monitor no other fighters. I respect him for what he did in the sport of boxing. He was an entertainer.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
Fighters are never who they appear to be.
Mike Tyson -
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Euripides -
We put on fights between the best fighters; we don’t put on freak shows.
Dana White -
I would say that all successful people are fighters. They're passionate and determined. They see not only what they want out of life, but what they were built for, and fight for it.
Haley Strode -
Our position is very clear that the Ulster freedom fighters will not address the issue of decommissioning till such times as the IRA make their moves first
John Whiting
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It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention.
Larry Merchant -
I had my style of moving and dancing and whatever I do. What you have to do, is take all the fighters you want and me and rank me where you want. I can't tell you.
Muhammad Ali -
People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
Mike Tyson -
If this drags on to September, October, November, December, we'll have fighters that have not boxed this year, the fighters at the top end are going to be fine but the fighters coming through, small hall fighters, ones starting their careers or those who do not have a sponsorship deal face big concerns.
Eddie Hearn -
My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It's kind of a drug, a rush.
Mike Tyson -
It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters [Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson], but I've proved since my career I've surpassed them as far my popularity. I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.
Mike Tyson
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We’ve always been fighters. There will always be something to fight against. So we’ll always fight, underdogs or not. If you put a wall in front of us, we don’t look to go round it. We just bust straight through.
Gerard Way My Chemical Romance -
Nick Diaz is going to go down as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, no doubt.
Eddie Bravo -
These pigeons have been living with each other for 10 or 15 years, but when I throw feed down, they kill each other to get it, and it's the same with the fighters. We love and respect each other...but we need that money.
Mike Tyson -
Fighters used to be afraid of the Russians, Cubans but then I'd figure them out and figure out how to beat them.
Lennox Lewis