Quotes About Strength

You just have to kind of roll with the punches and say, 'Think what you want to think. I know who I am.'

I actually have a punching bag right outside in my garden.

I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag.

Part of my gift as a fighter is being a human punching bag.

My game plan is always my punching.

My punching power passes any other heavyweight.

Jacare, he has power. We're two strong guys. He relies on being aggressive and coming forward. He looks to get the takedown. He's punching and he's shooting. I've never been taken down in a fight. Now, I'm not disregarding that I could be taken down, but I just know that I have a little bit more when it comes to giving up takedowns.

You can improve your punching power, but only to an extent. If you can punch hard, then it's just god-given, that's just nature, not nurture and there's not much you can do to develop punching power.

All fights interest me. Punching people in the face and watching them cry for their momma always interests me.

I'm just a normal fellow who gets punched in the face for a living and gets punched really hard at times as well. But you know what? I'm all right at punching them back.

I don't want to be a punching bag.

One thing you understand quickly as a fighter is that you're not punching with eight or 10 oz. Gloves. We've got 4 oz. gloves. It only takes one good shot for a fight to be over.

Criticism certainly doesn't affect my life, and whatever the pundits have called me, I'm sure they have been called a lot worse in their day.

Sometimes on the outside courts we'd play and guys would get into fights. I never backed down, even if the guy was stronger and I'd get punished.

Pilates helps condition the body without punishing it.

I can take more punishment than anyone in the business.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

I've always been tough my whole life. I'm able to take a lot of punishment, and that might be an even greater asset than my offense. I'm the guy that can take your best shot, and I'm not going to go down.

There's not a lot of people that can sit there and take the punishment that I can deliver.

Big Nog and me are two different types of fighters. Nogeuira lived by his chin, he wasn't afraid to take a lot of punishment in order to dish out a whole lot of punishment. Personally, I know I can take a really big shot. I'd rather not.

Lita was the perfect blend of pretty and punk, Lucha with a gothic edge and a high-flyer who could take on anyone, anytime, anyplace. She truly was ahead of her time.

My father, my first coach, would never let me punk out if I was capable of helping the team.

It's like our little thing: you can take the girl out of the punk, but you can't take the punk out of the girl.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.