Sparring Quotes - Page 2

• I do weights a few times a week. Not a lot of heavy weights. I do it just to keep my muscle toned. With the martial arts, I am doing pretty basic stuff. I do some sparring. If I get a chance, I will go swimming or running in-between. I keep in pretty good shape between films.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Running, Swimming, Weight

  "EXCLUSIVE: Dolph Lundgren Is Universal Soldier: Regeneration!". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. February 12, 2010.

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• You would be miserable if you had to go through life with a human doormat with 'Welcome' written on him. You want some one made of sterner stuff. You want, as it were, a sparring-partner, some one with whom you can quarrel happily with the certain knowledge that he will not curl up in a ball for you to kick, but will be there with the return wallop.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Sparring Partner, Curls, Would Be

  P. G. Wodehouse (2009). “Piccadilly Jim: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.405, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When I wasn't killing time in school, I was sparring in the gym or selling crack on the strip.

  Curtis Jackson

  School, Cracks, Killing

  "50 Cent Is Being Called A Child Abuser For Boxing With His Son" by Delenda Joseph, uproxx.com. December 17, 2016.

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• A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.

  Victoria Wood

  Men, Female, Toppings

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• A black boxer's career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the gym, sparring with impersonal opponents as one faces the rudeness and hostility that a black male must confront in the United States, where he is the object of both fear and fascination.

  Ishmael Reed

  Careers, Perfect, Black

  Ishmael Reed (1988). “Writin' is fightin': thirty-seven years of boxing on paper”, Scribner

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• I am made Hand of the King which gives me an enormous amount of power, which I use quite ruthlessly - but skilfully - and Dame Diana Rigg joins us [playing political mastermind the Queen of Thorns] and we have a couple of really good sparring moments.

  Charles Dance

  Kings, Queens, Couple

  "Game of Thrones, Charles Dance interview: ‘I treat Peter Dinklage appallingly’". Interview with James Lachno, www.telegraph.co.uk. March 31, 2013.

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• I'm based in Stockholm and I train at Nexus Fighter Centre, it's my club and my head coach Andreas Michael but for two weeks now I went to Vegas to train with Team Alliance with coach Eric Del Fierro, Phil Davis and top level guys. I had top level sparring so I'm more than ready.

  Alexander Gustafsson

  Team, Vegas, Two

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I will knock out Vernon Forrest in two rounds whether I have a cigarette or not. I know a lot of people want to see me fight more rounds. So, if HBO wants, they can pick two sparring partners for me to fight after I knock out Forrest. That way, the audience can see me fight 12 rounds.

  Ricardo Mayorga

  Fighting, Hbo, Sparring Partner

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• I got it made the rest of my life, financially and in every other way. There's nobody in the world like me. I'm getting out just in time. If I was twenty seven, I could still kick ass. I don't have to beat Holmes. Why? I raised him, he worked three years as a sparring partner for me.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sparring Partner, Years, Twenties

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• I run, but boxing conditioning is different, so you have to get used to running in the ring. Boxing movements are very different. Swimming is one of the best because every single muscle is working. I swim a lot. I train very hard at things that mimic boxing. I have to do mostly sport-specific training, such as lots of sparring.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Sports, Running, Swimming

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