Jennifer Beals Quotes

I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

I was a quiet kid on the streets. The loudmouths would push me around but when I was boxing, I was beating them up and it felt good.

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

I was just such a quiet kid. I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

I'm not saying I'm Mr Goody Two Shoes. I'm not. But if you try to rough me up, I'm going to body-slam you. I'm going to do everything I have to do psychologically to tell you that you are not stronger than me.

I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.

I am such a tomboy. I grew up fighting with boys, mainly - beating up boys, actually.

Most chick singers say 'if you hurt me, I'll die'... I say, 'if you hurt me, I'll kick your ass.'

And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

I can throw out any man alive.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

I went home one night and told my dad that an older kid was picking on me. My Dad, a Korean War vet and a Chicago cop for 30 years, told me, 'You better pick up a brick and hit him in the head.' That's when I thought, 'Wow, I'm going to have to start dealing with things in a different way.'

I've got a tidy chin and a decent punch. And, for people who think they can fight and are champions, I'll make it extremely hard.

There's no such thing as a lucky punch. You throw to hurt someone and if you hurt someone, job done.

I don't need a huge pit bull to tell me I'm tough.

I come from Varanasi. Abuses, profanities and threats don't bother me. I am 6-foot-tall guy and I can take care of myself.

There's not a woman in this world that can beat me if we put on a pair of gloves and we fight. I've accomplished so much.

It's nice to be able to go against bigger guys and be able to bang.

I can really punch. Everyone knows that.

I really believe I can knock anyone out in this world.

People say I don't punch hard, but I say, 'Get in the ring with me and see if it hurts.'

I'm always going to say I'm going to knock someone out.

No longer living in fear, my pistol close in hand, Convinced this is my year.