Quotes About Defense

When I take a right hand, I roll with it. I don't absorb every single bit of the punch. There's different ways to alleviate some of the force of a punch besides just getting out of the way. When I take it, it's on my gloves.

You come to me and punch me in my face I'm going to protect myself.

One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done.

The best way to take a punch is to look at it. Honestly. Someone could hit you with the hardest punch that they have, but as long as you see it, it's not going to knock you out. It's the punches that you don't see that knock you out. So you could get tapped with a small punch, but if you don't see it, you're out.

You have got to not get hit. You could be the best puncher in the world, but if you're going to keep constantly taking punches you're going to lose your heart. Once you learn how to miss the punches and then you start to punch them, you become an all-around fighter.

I've got a really canny knack for avoiding big punches or clean punches.

My goal is not getting hit and to knock the other guy out. Some people might complain because they want to see boxers beat up on each other, but you cannot last long in professional boxing if you take a lot of punches.

My whole career, I got a lot of credit for not taking punches.

I don't look at my opponent's eyes in the ring. I watch his gloves so that I can block or avoid his punches.

I'm really good at evading punches.

What happens in the Premier League is that when they arrive in the area, they punish you.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

It's about getting in there and being ready, getting the fight on your terms, taking the least amount of punishment possible.

I try to be as smart as I can with being a defensive fighter, where I don't as much punishment.

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible.

I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs.

As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.

Let's push the Pentagon off the fiscal cliff.

Corner is probably different from safeties and linebackers, but I think the important part is coming out each and every day competing, not only trying to get yourself better but also for us on defense pushing the offense as much as we possibly can so we can just improve totally as a team.

I like to bump people, to feel me getting into somebody's jersey. I'm just different. I like contact, like physical play, like pushing and holding. But I'm not dirty.

When you're not good, and you are losing, and a team puts 50 on you, you gotta figure something out.

Having served in the military, I know that militaries can stop a problem, but they can't fix a problem.

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.