Stephen A. Schwarzman Quotes

I won't be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I've always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach.

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.

Everyone has different ways of defending themselves.

Obviously I'm not a violent person; I don't like violence, but I would definitely go into defending myself if the situation arose.

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.

It took me to be 33 to start to know how to fight.

You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.

I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.

I think I have learnt more about business from fighting than anything else - from any book, from any, like - fighting is an incredible megastore for doing business.

I've got a lot of criticism for not taking domestic fights but I've got my own strategy.

I think what I learned is that just because somebody says you can't talk to them or just because somebody says they don't have an answer for you, you don't stop.

The best way to create emotional or spiritual distance between me and another person is for them to come up to me and go, 'yaassssss.'

A girl, whether in the industry or out of it, has to protect herself.

As athletes, the biggest asset that we bring to the workplace is our work ethic, our confidence, our never-say-die attitude. We're about winning.

The only thing I don't think people don't understand about good leaders is that they're both good and lucky. A lot of it is timing.

Fighting, you have to be selfish.

Of course I expected to rise so quickly. I know what I'm capable of. Even though other people didn't know, I was going to make sure they knew exactly who Alexa Bliss was, and I was going to make sure they never forgot it.

The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.

I learned how to defend myself at the OSB, not physically but with words.

If I feel somebody is getting volatile and taking things in other way, I better stay away from that person.

Our businesses are stable, and Fortis is on a promising trajectory. I want to assure our business partners and colleagues that I will continue to guide the organization to realize its full potential.

You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling