Quotes About Combat

Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroic creations - 'Druss the axeman,' 'the Jerusalem man,' among others - but my favourite has to be 'Waylander': Clint Eastwood with a crossbow and the same 'Make my day, punk' attitude.

When you have a fighter who's been punched a lot and been knocked out a lot of times, they're not going to be able to recover. They're going to look like they were knocked out.

When people refer to a cage fight as war, I think it's kinda cute... A war, huh? You know what a war is? They, evidently, don't. It's not maybe their place to know what it is, but I do.

When I hurt Norton, I got scared. I looked to the referee. But in the same sense, you're a fighter: you gotta have the killer instinct.

MMA has a referee, and you're wearing gloves. I'm in there with another volunteering participant that's out there to win some prize money.

Learning how to put someone in an arm lock without breaking their arm... It's quite handy isn't it?

It's a hard job, you know? I prefer to fight. Fighting is easy, being a father is much harder.

You have to remember, I had come from a pretty hard life. There was all this abuse and everything else, so the idea of fighting for sport was pretty heavy. Fighting to me was about fighting for your life, you know.

Any voice where you've got to scream over a battle or whatever, that's always difficult. It's harder than it seems.

I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm.

Dre is one of those guys that doesn't mind fighting at the drop of a hat.

When they hated me, it was hell. I used to fight the crowd before I even started my matches. It was crazy.

I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.

I hate hearing in a UFC corner, 'You won the first four rounds; just stay away from him this round.'

When I get to Heaven, I'll want to fight.

Cyborg is way heavier, way bigger than me.

I have the heaviest hands in my division.

I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.

I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.

I'm one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.

I think 205 is the place for me. I walk around at 225, 230 at the most, and that's kind of small for a heavyweight. I think 205 is where I'll be.

I think everyone has knockout power. I mean, it's the heavyweight division.

In the heavyweight division, you can't afford to make a mistake.

I think with every heavyweight, there's a style that makes for a different fight with different fighters.