Fighter Quotes - Page 34

• The world is only as fair as you can make it. Takes a lot of fight. A lot of fight. But if you stay in here, in your little cave, that's one less fighter on the side of fair.

  Libba Bray

  Fighting, Caves, World

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.252, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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

  Freak, Lovers, Said

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.118, Penguin

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• But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.

  Rick Riordan

  Powerful, Wine, Athlete

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.926, Penguin UK

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• I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Thinking, Firsts

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Sep 18, 2013

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• I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Fighting, Play, Want

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Jul 01, 2013

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• Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Success, Sports, Perseverance

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Oct 23, 2013

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• Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Philosophy, Believe

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Aug 26, 2013

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• Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Able, Want, Fierce

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

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• I can show you how to box. I can teach you every technique and trick I know, but I can never make you a fighter. That comes from inside, and it's something no one else can ever give you.

  Joe Louis

  Giving, Technique, Tricks

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• No secret man. Just starvation, hunger and diet.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Men, Secret

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• He's a sore loser and he lost the fight.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Fighting, Sore Losers

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• He's an old good fighter, he's an intelligent fighter but I wouldn't say he's the best I've ever fought.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Intelligent, Good Fight

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• I've been boxing for 25 years and I need exciting fights.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Fighting, Years

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• I don't know if I have the patience and I don't have a trainers license but I will help out. Whether I want to do that full time, I doubt it.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Doubt, Want

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• The lacy fight was a career defining fight.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Fighting, Careers

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• I love the big fights. Obviously you can't fight just for the money but the money is nice.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Nice, Fighting

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• I've always been motivated to be a champion since the age of 13 and I love being a winner.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Love Is, Champion

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• The Eubank fight was my hardest fight.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Fighting, Hardest

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• Lacy was a pleasurable fight. It wasn't my hardest fight because I won every single minute of every single round.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Fighting, Minutes

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• My lowest points was getting injured and pulling out of fights.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Fighting, Lowest Point

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• I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Feet, Needs

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• When you know yourself that you've come through preparation injury free and you've done everything, you've done the work in the gym and the rounds of sparring, it fills you with confidence.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Preparation, Done

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• I know Haye's a good fighter as well and he beat Mormeck but Mormeck is not Enzo Maccarinelli and does not have the speed, stamina or punching power.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Doe, Punching

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• Judging by your performance at the Olympics, it don't look too bright for your future does it!

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Judging, Doe

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