Larry Holmes Quotes

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

In college, the coaching staff does more work with you individually. But at the next level, you have to do it all by yourself.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

I grew up as an only child, so I like being by myself. So I train predominantly - 98 percent of the time - by myself.

I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.

I like training alone. Otherwise, I find I get too dependent on someone else for motivation.

I don't have a coach. I haven't had a coach for, like, years.

What the majority of American children needs is to stop being pampered, stop being indulged, stop being chauffeured, stop being catered to. In the final analysis, it is not what you do for you children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.

Stay busy and take care of your own business.

There are things one must do for oneself.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I do believe in self-help.

When you're in school until you're 25 and you get out and suddenly structure is not handed to you, if you're smart you realize that you need to create structure for yourself.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don't worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be.

If you always have a crutch, you don't learn anything.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself.

Work alone is noble.

I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.

I've always took care of myself.

You have to work on your own thing. You have to work on yourself, and you have to bring something to the game.

I don't want to have anyone else to do my housework. I've always done it myself. I believe you should do it yourself. I feel very strongly about that.