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Quotes About Fighting

I'm an underdog by nature, and I like to be fighting. I don't make music for myself. I make music to fight.
~ James Murphy
I'd rather have the underdog position than the favorite because I've been the underdog for a long time. I don't mind fighting that way.
~ Gegard Mousasi
I'll never underestimate 'GSP.'
~ Chris Weidman
I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
~ Laila Ali
I underestimated the difference of fighting in a cage.
~ Mirko Cro Cop
I'm the most overworked, overtrained, underpaid fighter.
~ Nick Diaz
I know Lytle likes to bang, but I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to take me down. Not for fear of my hands, but strategically he could look to put me down. He's shown he's very dangerous with submissions. His ground game has been very underrated.
~ Matt Serra
Many people don't understand ring control. They think they do until they're against someone who really understands how to set traps, how to create holes in the octagon that they fall into.
~ Conor McGregor
I'm proud to be a feminist because making sure that everyone understands we all have a role in fighting for equality is the only way to move forward.
~ Justin Trudeau
The whole world understands that I can fight in there with the best of them.
~ Jermall Charlo
To say I was looking forward to fighting in Mexico for the first time is an understatement.
~ Cain Velasquez
Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood.
~ Allen Weinstein
I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause.
~ Cole Younger
Modeling was a way of financing my fighting. My fighter friends definitely made fun of me: 'I've seen you in your underwear, bro!' But once they realized the girls loved it, they asked, 'How do I get into it?'
~ Ryan Guzman
I love Scott Coker and I love Bellator and I love what we have built together and it's a little uneasy to think that I will no longer be under contract with Bellator after I knock out Benson Henderson and get my hand raised.
~ Michael Chandler
If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
~ Barbara Castle
My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair.
~ June Jordan
The unfortunate part about trial by fire in fighting is that people punch you in the face.
~ Josh Barnett
What is the use of fighting for a vote if we have not got a country to vote in?
~ Emmeline Pankhurst
Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.
~ Pam Grier
The difference is that the money I make from Reebok is per fight, meaning I have to fight to get that money. If I don't fight, there is no money. It's not based on me being a good spokesman or one of the faces of their company. It's a per fight thing. It's a very different thing. It's more like a fight bonus than a sponsorship.
~ Carlos Condit
I made more from sponsorship than I did from fighting. I did that for the longest time.
~ Roy Nelson
I'm not a great athlete that can play any sport. But one thing I could always do is... fight back.
~ B. J. Penn
I'm a Christian, I'm a servant of God first. Not a fighter anymore, first. I also have a family so that comes before fighting. Fighting, it's my sport that I'm passionate about, it's a career, it's how I provide for my family. But it's not what defines who I am.
~ Rory MacDonald