Fighter Quotes - Page 2

• I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

  Ricky Schroder

  Fighting, Roots, Succeed

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• It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

  Sheryl Crow

  Heart, Differences, Interesting

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• Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.

  Budd Schulberg

  Fighting, Dozen, Way

  Budd Schulberg (2012). “Sparring with Hemingway: And Other Legends of the Fight Game”, p.287, Open Road Media

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• I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.

  Roald Dahl

  Egypt, Iraq, Flying

  Roald Dahl (2008). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.156, Penguin UK

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• I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning.

  Christine Lahti

  Winning, Way, Determined

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• When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.

  Adolf Galland

  Thinking, Giving, Arms

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• In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

  Dustin Hoffman

  Adversity, Kids, Winning

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• I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.

  Christine Lahti

  Birthday, Fighting, Careers

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• Muhammad Ali could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.

  Larry Holmes

  Moving, Hands, Missing

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• Human rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of POWs under the Geneva Conventions.

  John Yoo

  War, Rights, Decision

  "Terrorists Have No Geneva Rights" by John Yoo, www.wsj.com. May 26, 2004.

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• The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

  Floyd Patterson

  Sports, Fighting, Pride

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• The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Umpires, Important

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• Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him.

  Richard Krajicek

  Giving Up, Quality, Beats

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• By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in World War II, and I am looking forward to recording his story for inclusion in the project.

  Spencer Bachus

  Uncles, Memories, War

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• And to do that not only for the war fighter, but also to help prepare the people in the acquisition, personnel and policy worlds who need to make adjustments in the department's business, which itself may take 10 or 15 years to accomplish.

  Stephen Cambone

  War, Years, People

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• I am a fighter. I believe in that which is right, and the truth is, I have been the Lone Ranger for the past thirty years and I will not give up the fight. I love my public and I'll fight for you. I'll continue to make personal appearances for my thousands of fans.

  Clayton Moore

  Giving Up, Believe, Fighting

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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

  Guy, Beats, All Time

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• Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.

  Larry Holmes

  Fighting, Doctors, Umpires

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• 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

  Names, People, Want

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• I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

  Jack Dempsey

  Made, Good Fight

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• Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane.

  Chuck Yeager

  Believe, Airplane, Wings

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• A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

  Jack Dempsey

  Three, Ends, Minutes

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• According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.

  Adolf Galland

  Goering, Command, Supposed To Be

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• He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn't he? A bit of a fighter?

  Katie Couric

  Kids, Literature, Littles

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