Jake Peavy Quotes

I'm going to fight every play.

I have to play a bit of a physical game and try to work harder than everyone else.

I hit hard, and I'm hard to take down.

I refuse to be outworked, and I consider myself to have the heart of a lion.

If I go down, it's never easy. At least my opponent knows they have to go to the end of the earth to take me out no matter what the circumstances. I do try to compete. Even if it's not your best day, I just try to walk off the court knowing I gave 100,000 percent.

As long as I breathe, I attack.

I'm like a fungus; you can't get rid of me.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

When I play ball, I play hardball.

I'm like a fire hose when the alarm goes off in a battle against a woman. Don't ever count me out.

My close friends call me the bulldozer who never says no. I have never not made a film.

Derek Campos is really tough.

I want the target on my back. I want everybody to come after me. That's been my goal since I started fighting.

When you have a fighter willing to do that, when he is seriously hurt and in pain but still fights, you've got a dangerous man on your hands.

I don't step back, that's football. It's about winning.

My opponent DeLuca is a strong, gutsy fighter who is always ready for war.

Other teams fear me so much, just my being out there. I could even be playing on my deathbed, and I'd worry them.

I'm still here. I'm still gunning for that title. I'm not going anywhere.

I may not be the most physical player, that's not my nature. But I am a competitor and I play as hard as I can.

Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.

We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.

I'm extemely competitive, so when people start counting me out or trying to categorise me, I sorta get hungry.

I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.

You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.

As long as you put me out on the court, I was gonna play hard.