Fighter Quotes - Page 40

• I always feel like there’s no fighter that I can’t figure out.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Motivation, Figures, Feels

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• Boxing’s an art, it’s a science, and you don’t go out to knock people out. If they happen to get knocked out, they happen to run into one of these bricks by mistake [looks at his fists], that’s their fault.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Running, Art, Motivation

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• Sorry to disappoint you but I don’t even watch the Olympics no more.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Sorry, Motivation, Watches

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• Muhammad Ali - he was a magnificent fighter and he was an icon... Every head must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest, the greatest of all time, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali.

  Don King

  Art, Icons, Boxing

  "Only in America!". Interview with Greg Hanlon, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2009.

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• I want to be able to separate the average from the good and from the great. I want to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Motivation, Average, Ordinary

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• Showing is better than telling.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Motivation

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• I'm the best at talking trash I'm also the best at going out there and backing it up.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Motivation, Talking, Going Out

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• No athlete works harder than Floyd Mayweather.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Motivation, Hard Work, Athlete

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• You have to realize that most of these guys get in there and fight on heart. I fight with smarts. There is no fighter that is smarter than me. Most of these fighters are ABC, 1-2-3. I am like 4-5-6 levels above them; that's why I'm able to beat them.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Smart, Heart, Fighting

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• I'm running my mouth a lot and I'm looking for a guy to shut me up. If you don't shut me up, I'm going to keep running my mouth.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Running, Motivation, Guy

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• There's no blueprint on how to beat me.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Motivation, Beats, Blueprints

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• I’m not in this sport to see how hard I can get hit or to see how many big punches I can take. I am in this game to fight as long as I can. I am trying to dish a lot of punishment.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Sports, Motivation, Fighting

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• I want to beat the best out there and whoever is considered the top fighters of my era.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Want, Eras, Beats

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• Once I beat a guy, mentally and physically, hes never the same.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Motivation, Guy, Beats

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• I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Athlete, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Weight

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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• Even if corners were cut, (Iran-Contra) was a brilliant scheme. There is no possibility that anyone in any Democratic administration would have gone to such lengths to fund anti-Communist forces. When Democrats scheme from the White House, it's to cover up the President's affair with an intern. When Republicans scheme, it's to support embattled anti-Communist freedom fighters sold out by the Democrats.

  Ann Coulter

  Cutting, Iran, White

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• Fedor has no weakness. I have seen so many fights, and even the best fighters in the world have a flaw in their game but I have yet to find one in Fedor Emelianenko.

  Bas Rutten

  Motivational, Fighting, Games

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