Motivation Quotes - Page 40

• Understand that I'm at my best when it comes to proving a point, not only to show that I'm a better fighter and a better athlete at 40½ years old, but I'm at my best when I know I've got to beat the system again.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Athlete, Years, Fighter

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• I am going in there to win this fight. I don't think people are taking me seriously. I'm gonna surprise a lot of people. This guy helped two people make history.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Fighting, Winning, Thinking

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• I got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it's not what happened, but what happens next.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Next, Fighter, Knocked Down

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• Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the world might have never known one of the greatest boxing talents ever to come out of Philadelphia.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Running, Philadelphia, Boxing

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• The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.

  Bernard Hopkins

  People, Favors, Way

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• You talk about me, I am chicken to fight you. That's not true. I bring you dessert on November 12th.

  Vitali Klitschko

  Fighting, November, Fighter

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• By establishing a social policy that keeps physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions, we would adopt the correct moral view: the onus of proving that everything had been tried and that the motivation and rationale were convincing would rest on those who wanted to end a life.

  Ezekiel Emanuel

  Suicide, Views, Physicians

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• I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody: my big aim is more women on bicycles.

  Marianne Vos

  Monday, Morning, Want

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• My first fight was a little weasel from American called Andre Dirrell. I say that because he runs and holds, and I hope Abraham bangs him out.

  Carl Froch

  Running, Fighting, Bangs

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• 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

  Fighting, Opportunity, Simple

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• I was prepared to get knocked out myself trying to knock him out, because then I could sleep at night knowing that I've given my best.

  Carl Froch

  Sleep, Night, Knowing

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• I haven't had the recognition I deserve, You can go back to anybody's career - Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe, David Haye, Amir Khan, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Steve Collins, Naseem Hamed. My record is better than all of theirs.

  Carl Froch

  Deserve You, Careers, Amir

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• Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring.

  Carl Froch

  Team, People, Waste

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• It's not Beirut or Bosnia.

  Carl Froch

  Bosnia, Fighter, Beirut

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• Your longevity in the sport is governed by how you live in between the fights.

  Carl Froch

  Sports, Fighting, Fighter

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• He knows I'm brutal. He's knows I can punch hard. He knows if I connect on his chin, at any one moment, 12 three minute rounds, he's going to be in serious trouble. If he's not on the floor, his legs will do a funny dance.

  Carl Froch

  Three, Legs, Serious

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• I've worked in pubs for years and you get people challenging you. Challenging your masculinity.

  Carl Froch

  Years, People, Challenges

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• I knew it was all or nothing.

  Carl Froch

  Fighter

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• Joe Calzaghe was using the excuse, no one knows who I am in America. Now everyone knows who I am in America.

  Carl Froch

  Who I Am, America, Fighter

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• Ricky Hatton would knock Khan out. 5 years ago or now.

  Carl Froch

  Years, Fighter, Ricky Hatton

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• You've got to be careful against classy fighters, especially counter-punchers because if you go for the finish too early, you can end up getting finished yourself.

  Carl Froch

  Fighter, Ends, Be Careful

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• He's got a rematch clause in his contract but I'm not sure if he's going to want to exercise that rematch but if he does, I'd happily oblige. I'll go over to Canada and give him another whooping.

  Carl Froch

  Exercise, Giving, Doe

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• Joe Calzaghe is next. If he gets himself out that armchair, gets himself back in the gym, let's have a fight for the British fans and the rest of the world.

  Carl Froch

  Fighting, Fans, World

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• You don't need to go all deep and meaningful and start talking about Daddies. It's yes or no answer.

  Carl Froch

  Meaningful, Talking, Daddy

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• It's only boxing, don't worry about it. Let's get it on!

  Carl Froch

  Boxing, Worry, Fighter

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