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Quotes About Combat

Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out.
~ Nate Diaz
I understand the psychology of the sport, especially inside the ring.
~ Randy Orton
Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.
~ Roberto Duran
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
~ George Foreman
Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar.
~ Dennis Miller
Golf isn't a sport, it's a game. I'm not saying it's not a difficult game, with lots of mental stuff. But it's not a sport like mine. Where is the combat, the intensity of what we do?
~ Conor McGregor
Greg Jackson is a sport killer
~ Dana White
When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it.
~ Mike Tyson
He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.
~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.
~ Roger Kahn
When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.
~ Mike Tyson
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.
There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.
~ Umberto Eco
Fighting in the air is not sport. It is scientific murder.
~ Eddie Rickenbacker
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.
~ Gerry Cooney
Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back.
~ Mike Weir
Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.
~ Albert Einstein
So long as there are men, there will be wars.
~ Albert Einstein
Dal mio punto di vista, uccidere in guerra non è affatto meglio che commettere un banale assassinio
~ Albert Einstein
Do not ever believe anyone who tells you that he is not afraid of anything, and that whistling bullets is the sweetest music for him. That man is either a madman or a liar.
~ Aleksandr Kuprin
I'm the sommelier of slaying
~ Alex White
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
~ Alexander Cockburn
D'Artagnan fought three times with Rochefort, and wounded him three times. 'I shall probably kill you the fourth, said he to him, holding out his hand to assist him to rise. 'It is much better both for you and for me to stop where we are,' answered the wounded man. 'Corbleu! I am more your friend than you think - for after our very first encounter, I could by saying a word to the cardinal have had your throat cut!' They this time embraced heartily, and without retaining any malice.
~ Alexander Dumas
It is unwise to assume that just because someone has no manners, he is an inferior swordsman as well.
~ Dorothy Hoobler