Quotes About Strength

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

There is no such thing as a successful defense.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

What you feel doesn't matter in the end; it's what you do that makes you brave.

You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT!

I realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, that any black man who wasn't a militant in 1970 was either blind or a coward.

A winner never whines.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

In the world there are believers and then there are non-believers. For all of you non-believers out there, I have something to say to you...never underestimate the heart of a champion.

Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

Bodybuilding is not only a sport but first an ART.

The strongest thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. I just eat. I'm not a supplement guy. Steroids are not even a thought.

I know I am only one, but I am one, and just because I'm one should not stop me from

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.

My mind is my biggest asset. I expect to win every tournament I play.

Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar.

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.

If I could be good at any sport, it'd be javelin. I know a few people I would love to throw a spear at.

I don't believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me, that's indecision.