Quotes About Combat

So furiously each other did assayle, As if their soules they would attonce haue rent Out of their brests, that streames of bloud did rayle Adowne, as if their springes of life were spent; That all the ground with purple bloud was sprent, And all their armours staynd with bloudie gore, Yet scarcely once to breath would they relent, So mortall was their malice and so sore, Become of fayned friendship which they vow'd afore.

The wars fought by human beings are stimulated as a rule primarily by the same instincts as the voracity of a sea slug.

There is no discharge in that war.

A brave arm makes a short sword long.

I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for twelve hours…. The smell, you know that gasoline smell. Smelled like victory.

My computer kept beating the pants off me at chess, until I discovered that it was no match against me at kickboxing.

Não sei, respondeu rapidamente no medo de que a receptividade que conseguira desaparecesse e se achasse defronte de oito rostos aborrecidos ou hostis. - Não sei ou sei, é conforme, acho que me apavora um bocado o amor que os outros têm por mim e eu por eles e receio viver isso até ao fim, inteiramente, entregar-me às coisas e lutar por elas enquanto tiver força, e quando a força se acabar arranjar mais força para prosseguir o combate.

We are a volley of bullets, we are cannonballs. We are the tip of the sword.

We are a volley of bullets, we are cannonballs.

A great center for gladiatorial combats, it boasted a fine amphitheater

Caesar remarked wryly: "I have often fought for victory, but on this occasion I fought for my life as well.

Roman survivors of an ambush "had hard work to withstand the enemy's onslaught till nightfall;

Has even a mediocre fighter ever let out a groan or changed the expression on his face? Who of them has disgraced himself, I don't just mean when he was on his feet, but when falling to the ground? And, once fallen, who has drawn in his neck when ordered to submit to the sword?

Warships had brass battering rams on their prows, and the usual tactic was to ram the side of an enemy ship.

Romans tended to fight sea battles as if they were on land.

Alex felt the bullets pass over his shoulder and heard a scream as one of the other guards was hit. Well, that made one less anyway!

I've been in a lot of big fights, so I can't psyche myself out, like, 'Oh, this is a big fight.'

There are various psychological advantages you can take into boxing match. One is getting your opponent to fight with emotion and anger because he hates you.

I love the UFC. I love it. If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would have been my sport. Man, I love it. And you know what? Nobody would have pulled the rope-a-dope on me.

I've never pulled out of a fight. I've never missed weight.

Everybody has a game plan, but the plan changes after the first punch.

Everyone knows my style - I jam my hips in, jam their head into the mat and punch their head through the canvas.

The heavyweight division is dangerous because one punch can end everything.

You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.