Quotes About Toughness

Punches never bothered me that much.

I know what it's like to take punches.

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

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 can take more punishment than anyone in the business.

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.

I've had a long career with a lot of fights, and I've taken a lot of punishment.

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.

I took a lot of physical punishment learning the art of fighting.

I want coach to be tough on me. That's the only way, I feel, if you're pushed, it will make you play better.

It's brutal out on the football field.

You're going to hurt, yes. You're going to have tweaks and problems. But you're a football player; you can play through those.

You don't have to sell the fact that a football player has toughness.

This sport is not very forgiving.

I fought from the time I was eight years old, sometimes three, four fights a night. We did it to eat, and we did it because we were just tough kids.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

In football, there is always friction, collisions, contact. But I am used to that.

To a certain extent, I have to be the president's bad cop from time to time. I have to look people in the eye and tell them, 'No, we don't have enough money for that.' That is not a very popular thing to do in Washington.

Dick turned around slowly. Did you expect her to be dead because I was tight ? His tone was pleasant. Nicole is now made of-of Georgia pine, which is the hardest wood known, except lignum vitae from New Zealand-

When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

Marv's a guy you've got to be careful around. He doesn't mean any harm, but he causes plenty.

Everyone talks about the good old days, when guys were tough and quarterbacks got crushed all the time, but back in the day, there weren't defensive ends that were Mario Williams - 6-7, 300 pounds, 10 percent body fat, running a 4.7 40.

On a very personal note, my dear friend, the late Steve 'Dr. Death' Williams was a four-time amateur wrestling All-American who also lettered and started four years on the football team at Oklahoma. I've met no man walking the face of the earth tougher than Doc. R.I.P., my friend.