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Quotes About Fighting

I've fought in London. I've fought in Los Angeles. I've fought in New York.
~ Gervonta Davis
I have fought fighters in the past who I don't like as people, but you have to block out any type of dislike or hate. Whatever he's done, whatever he's said, you can't be thinking about that. You just have to see him as a man that you have to outpoint, outgame, and beat on the night.
~ Chris Eubank Jr.
I fought a long time ago in Canada, I fought a Croatian guy, I don't remember his name, but there I had a size advantage. At the end, I explained to him about cutting weight. He didn't know about weight-cutting, so I explained to him, and I was bigger than him at that time.
~ Gegard Mousasi
My favorite fight was when I fought Rampage. I always wanted to fight Rampage because of the way he fights. It's about pride. The way he comes forward. My friends in Brazil would always tell me they wanted me to fight Rampage. When I fought him, it was a big deal for me. It was the first big fight I was in. It was a great fight.
~ Glover Teixeira
There have been times I've fought just to fight.
~ Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
I've fought a couple different places in the world. I love America, I'm American, but I have to say that American fans are the worst. I have to say it. They can get mad at me. I said it, and it's something they can work on.
~ Quinton Jackson
I get wanting to fight in the UFC. I got my start there. I fought 20 times there.
~ Ryan Bader
Some fighters don't like to travel when they fight but I fought in Australia and I loved it.
~ Ryan Bader
I don't really fight for money. I don't really care about the pay-per-view. The reason why I love fighting on free TV on FOX as opposed to pay-per-view is because the demographic is a lot broader.
~ Benson Henderson
I've been watching Frank Shamrock fight since the beginning.
~ Nick Diaz
After I beat Frank Camacho, I got ranked. I believe I was ranked No. 15 or 14. So I thought I was going to fight somebody above me, but I didn't. I kept fighting people behind me.
~ Beneil Dariush
I fight guys that no one has ever heard of; I fought guys who are legends, like Frankie Edgar.
~ Urijah Faber
Firstly, I think the values that underpin all liberals, frankly - classical liberals, all liberals - of respect for the individual and freedom are worth fighting for.
~ Zanny Minton Beddoes
What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.
~ Frank Herbert
When he wanted, he could radiate charm and sincerity, but I often wonder in these later days if anything about him was as it seemed. I think now he was a man fighting constantly to escape the bars of an invisible cage.
~ Frank Herbert
Mood?" Halleck's voice betrayed his outrage even through the shield's filtering. "What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.
~ Frank Herbert
I guess I'm not in the mood for it today," Paul said. "Mood?" Halleck's voice betrayed his outrage even through the shield's filtering. "What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.
~ Frank Herbert
The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.
~ Franz Kafka
Wilder is not a big draw in the U.S. He maybe sells 5,000 to 10,000 tickets when he's fighting in his own town for the heavyweight champion.
~ Tyson Fury
I'm open to fighting anyone, whether it's Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder.
~ Dereck Chisora
I believe 168 is my division and I'm willing to take on all-comers.
~ Callum Smith
Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us.
~ Omar Epps
I'm from the old school, where I want to fight the best. I want to reign supreme over all of them. I'm willing to fight all of them to prove all of that.
~ Errol Spence Jr.
My father is a master in karate. He always taught me the philosophy of Karate. When I'm talking about philosophy, I mean respect to willpower, self confidence. Those qualities, I think it's very important, not just for fighting, but for any person.
~ Lyoto Machida