Best 397 quotes in «fighter quotes» category

What’s Albert going to do?” a boy named Jim demanded. “Where’s Albert?” Albert stepped from an inconspicuous position off to one side. He mounted the steps, moving carefully still, not entirely well even now. He carefully chose a position equidistant between Caine and Sam. “What should we do, Albert?” a voice asked plaintively. Albert didn’t look out at the crowd except for a quick glance up, like he was just making sure he was pointed in the right direction. He spoke in a quiet, reasonable monotone. Kids edged closer to hear. “I’m a businessman.” “True.” Toto. “My job is organizing kids to work, taking the things they harvest or catch, and redistributing them through a market.” “And getting the best stuff for yourself,” someone yelled to general laughter. “Yes,” Albert acknowledged. “I reward myself for the work I do.” This blunt admission left the crowd nonplussed. “Caine has promised that if I stay here he won’t interfere. But I don’t trust Caine.” “No, he doesn’t,” Toto agreed. “I do trust Sam. But . . .” And now you could hear a pin drop. “But . . . Sam is a weak leader.” He kept his eyes down. “Sam is the best fighter ever. He’s defended us many times. And he’s the best at figuring out how to survive. But Sam”— Albert now turned to him—“You are too humble. Too willing to step aside. When Astrid and the council sidelined you, you put up with it. I was part of that myself. But you let us push you aside and the council turned out to be useless.” Sam stood stock-still, stone-faced. “Let’s face it, you’re not really the reason things are better here, I am,” Albert said. “You’re way, way braver than me, Sam. And if it’s a battle, you rule. But you can’t organize or plan ahead and you won’t just put your foot down and make things happen.” Sam nodded slightly. It was hard to hear. But far harder was seeing the way the crowd was nodding, agreeing. It was the truth. The fact was he’d let the council run things, stepped aside, and then sat around feeling sorry for himself. He’d jumped at the chance to go off on an adventure and he hadn’t been here to save the town when they needed it. “So,” Albert concluded, “I’m keeping my things here, in Perdido Beach. But there will be free trading of stuff between Perdido Beach and the lake. And Lana has to be allowed to move freely.” Caine bristled at that. He didn’t like Albert laying down conditions. Albert wasn’t intimidated. “I feed these kids,” he said to Caine. “I do it my way.” Caine hesitated, then made a tight little bow of the head. “I want you to say it,” Albert said with a nod toward Toto. Sam saw panic in Caine’s eyes. If he lied now the jig would be up for him. Toto would call him out, Albert would support Sam, and the kids would follow Albert’s lead. Sam wondered if Caine was just starting to realize what Sam had known for some time: if anyone was king, it was neither Sam nor Caine, it was Albert.

What you think of me does not change who I am.

You, Emily. You're worth fighting for. I fought all my life, but never for anything worthwhile. Now... Now I'm fighting for my heart. Bullshit ends here and now.

You are here because some sliver of existence within you says that you are a born fighter. That you will put your life before others, and stand when others fall.

You either learn to play hard ball or you become the ball.

You are not weak. People like us, we're brave. We're the ones who get up and face our worst fears every day. We keep fighting.

You broke the chain, Luna. Of all his victims, you were the only one that ever walked away and he hasn’t forgotten.

You don't fight the battles you know you will win, its the ones that everyone says you will lose.

You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!

You know how when you step on court your coach is like "go go go!"? And all throughout you just keep telling yourself to hit harder and harder and keep at it? You know how much you treasure those five-minute timeouts? You know how good you feel at the end of a session? You know how you're glad you're tired? No pills, no shots, just plain energy. I want to work like that. Whether I have to write ten thousand words or send five hundred emails, brainstorm for hours at a time, I want to have that energy. To keep fighting. To know it's all worth it. Oh, yeah. That's my perfect day.

You need to fear me, not hate me." I did. I feared him. But I think I hated him more. No, I knew I hated him more. For what he'd done. For what he was doing. For the betrayal. Most of all, for tarnishing something so beautiful and making it ugly. I trusted him. I gave myself to him, and he took me, peeled back layers of my soul until he saw it all. Then he took me.

You might say “no, you will never do that, that’s not you, not who I know, not who I thought you were”, and I will say "watch me".

You're his beacon of light. You give him a sense of direction in his life. A purpose. But is it worth it? Just being his friend? Not being able to love him the way you want to?

A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds.

You're still on the right track. It just has a few more curves than you thought.

According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.

All evidence suggests that Turkey has allowed ISIS fighters, when they've been injured, to return into Turkey and to get treated in Turkey's hospitals.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.

Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.

All I ever wanted to be was a Ninja... Tong from Kickboxer, Sagat from Street Fighter.

Alright, he's chucking his toys out the basket and Gary Shaw has a big mouth and shouts a lot.

A lot of the time you have good fighters with good records, some top-class fighters, and they do some kind of crazy stuff, and there's nothing that you can do to stop them from doing it. That's the hardest part of training others.

Always push beyond what you can do.

As I've always said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' I'm much better with women than I am being tough in a bar!

Any fighter didn't like Muhammad Ali should have his head examined.

As a champion, I can't fight against weak fighters.

Aside from being a fighter, I am a relaxed person. It is a lifestyle thing for me. I don't stress too much.

As long as there's this welfare state of ours we're not going to have any good fighters

As much as a disappointment this was, I can only learn from it and become a better fighter.

As much as I have respect for him, this is for the crowd. The crowd didn't deserve what happened tonight.

Carolyn Maloney has been a consistent fighter for Afghan women but also for International Family Planning Bills.

Being a champion and staying that way is the most difficult thing to deal with. Everyone sees you as a target. They want to bring you down. I should always train in order to be at a higher level. Other fighters are training hard as well. I have to be a step or more ahead.

Bute coming over here is a big mistake.

Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

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

Canelo is a good young fighter, but he probably shouldn't be in the ring with me. It should have been somebody else. Hopefully he can learn from it and become a better fighter. He seems like a good young kid.

Charity work shouldn't be bragged about. It's just something you're supposed to do...I do it because I feel like that's what God wanted me to do. It's as simple as that.

Cotto is a talented fighter but I'm God gifted.

Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters.

Did you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it's not about the W...It's everything about the W with me!

Don't fight forces, use them.

Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. He hit me and I was face down on the canvas hearing saxophonist Jimmy Tillis.

Even the president is watching the fight.

David I knock you out! - While pointing to the camera with a smirk.

Evander Holyfield's a great fighter, I watched him when I was a kid, I love the guy, but I had to do what I had to do. It's what I get paid to do.

Everybody saying Guerrero, I'll really turn your ass into a real ghost.

Everybody was happy my brother was locked up. Not me because I know what it feels like to be in there. It ain't made for everybody, but I knocked a lot of blocks down.

Fighters have to be optimists.