Evander Holyfield Quotes About Fighting

Quotes about: Fighting

• Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living.

  Evander Holyfield

  Sports, Giving Up, Fighting

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

• Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight.

  Evander Holyfield

  Heart, Fighting, Garden

  FaceBook post by Evander Holyfield from Nov 15, 2015

• Deep down, I reckon the sweetest moment will come when it's finally all over. When, at last, I know that I can stop fighting. Of course it'll also be a little sad. The sweetest moments, y'know, always come with just a little sadness.

  Evander Holyfield

  Sadness, Fighting, Littles

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

• When you refuse to fight guys because you say you are better than them, that is not really being the best. If I could just fight certain fighters that fit my style, I would look great in all of them.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Guy, Style

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• The big guys choose who they want to fight and they think about history: 'how many times I defended my title.' They try to break a record: 'how long I was there.' But if you look at the pedigree, who they fought, ain't nobody gonna give them credit for it because they fought a lot of people with no experience.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Thinking, Long

  "Holyfield: 'I just believe that I can'". Interview with Bryan Armen Graham, www.si.com. January 21, 2011.

• Opponents make an excuse as to why they do not want to fight someone. Who are the people you actually make a big payday fighting against? There are not too many people out there. Most people refuse to fight people that are necessary. They think winning is the only thing to do. It is not winning if you have not fought the best.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Winning, Thinking

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• I lost my first fight at the Boys Club at 11 years old and quit the team. My mother told me I had to go back because she didn't raise no quitter. I lost a second fight and quit again and still my mother wouldn't let me. She made me go back and try again.

  Evander Holyfield

  Mother, Team, Fighting

• You cannot let something deter you from giving someone a rematch unless you are going to retire. If you are going to retire, go ahead, but if not, you need to do what you are going to do. You do not have to keep playing with the game of boxing. If you are going to fight, fight.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Boxing, Giving

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• Every time someone starts talking about weight, it takes away from the fight. No one is born at that weight. We grew into that weight. It is all about the challenge, more so than the weight.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Challenges

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• There are a lot of times I have seen someone fight, and I think the guy is tailor made for me until they actually get in the ring with me. Fighters that are more aggressive match up better with me. There is really no defense when a guy is trying to get you. When a guy is trying to get you, you cannot get him, which makes the most compelling fight.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Thinking, Guy

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• A fight with Mike Tyson or Riddick Bowe always sells, because those people came to win. When you come to win, people will see a good show. When you come to survive, it can become boring.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Winning, People

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• The cat and mouse game is smart, but people want to see fighters who come to win, or do not wait to go to the judges. When the fight goes all the way, they see the spirit of the person that wants to win.

  Evander Holyfield

  Smart, Cat, Fighting

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• I do not lose; I just do not get decisions sometimes. You lose when you quit. I have never quit. When it comes down to a decision, judges make a decision as to which fighter they want to win the fight. I have always been able to survive no matter whom they decide to give the fight to.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Winning, Giving

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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