Quotes About Combat

I just try to be as versatile as life is and try and express that in the fight.

There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.

For the contender religion is a sword, for the defender it is a shield.

Further, if we are honest, nearly all of us who have hair on our chins or the prospect of it must admit to a built-in interest in fighting and the implements of fighting.

Though this guard is natural to them, yet they vary every moment, to perplex their adversaries,

Still, in a fight like that, you never know. There's a superhuman element involved. All warriors have to face it; winning or losing is partly a matter of luck.

People were born with two hands; why not use both of them? As it was, swordsmen fought with only one sword, and often one hand. This made sense, so long as everybody followed the same practice. But if one combatant were to employ two swords at once, what chance would an opponent using only one have of winning?

The battlefield is no place for jokes

Non sa niente di come si fa a mazzate: mai perdere di vista l'avversario, al rione non si facevano chiacchiere, al massimo si lanciavano urla a occhi sbarrati per mettere paura e intanto si colpiva per primi, facendo male il più possibile, senza fermarsi, toccava agli altri fermarti se ne erano capaci.

It dosnt matter how many mr. and mrs. johnsons are anti war- the actuall killers who know how to use the weapons are not.

My combat action has commenced... I've pissed my pants, but only a little.

I like to figure out the fight like a puzzle when I'm in the fight.

Brazil, like Mexico, has some of the best fighters. There's quantity and quality.

President Gerald Ford was no intellectual, but he had served with distinction in combat as a naval gunnery officer and then as Congressman for a quarter century.

Movie brawls tend to be bloodless and quick.

I'd say I just fell in love with trying to knock people out really quick instead of letting the fight develop.

The quick knockouts are nice, but going through a war now and again is a good experience to know I've done it.

Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations.

The bigger size of the weight class, guys are going to get tired a little bit quicker. They get tired to where they can't even keep their hands up in the fourth and fifth round.

Guys are a little quicker on their feet at '45. As far as wrestling goes, the guys at 155 or 170 are harder to take down.

I fight quite a bit.

There's nobody more dominant in a female fighting athlete than Ronda Rousey. I'm not going to compare her to men, although quite frankly, I'm sure she'd do very well against at least half the division that she's in, which is the bantamweight.

The excitement of automobile racing did not compare with what I knew must come with aeroplane fighting in France.

I think a knockout over Elkins will really put me on the radar internationally.