Mavis Staples Quotes

I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue.

I never had a desire to hurt anybody. I have at certain times had violent urges, but I don't think I ever have hurt anybody. Tried to a couple times, but I don't think I have. Yeah, guess I have. In high school. I was dirty then. Kick 'em. I might not've hurt 'em, though, they might've just been afraid of me.

The last time I threw a punch was in primary school, and that was probably a slap.

Don’t swear; fight!

I used to stay getting in fights.

I grew up as a boy with aggression.

Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch.

Back when I was maybe 19, guys would go, 'I can kick your butt!' So I had a few showdowns. To my advantage, I learned martial arts, and what you really learn is not to fight.

I got kicked out of a club for sticking up for my sister. And I got into a fight that was basically hair pulling and rolling around on the gym floor. The fights make me sound like a hell-raiser, but I'm not proud of them.

I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'

You would have to go really crazy on me before I throw a punch.

I used to get into a lot of fights.

Before boxing, I was this angry kid ready to fight if someone said, 'Hello.'

I grew up in a neighbourhood where there was a lot of fighting. It's what boys did during school, during recess, after school. And I was a fairly large kid. So everyone wanted to see if they could take me on.

I definitely got into a lot of fights when I was a kid. I never understood it. I was one of those quiet kids. I never picked with no one.

There was one point in time that I wasn't fighting, and I was frustrated and I was getting in trouble.

All the kids at school would bully me and always wanted me to fight them. I never did, but if I wanted to, I totally could.

Fighting was a problem for me in high school.

I know if someone talked trash to me, I'd want to kick his butt.

I've always been a dominant and violent person.

The thing about a violent kid is that he can't play imaginatively.

I got into a lot of fights. Then I started knocking people out, and they stopped.

When a bully pulls your hair, you punch him in the face.

Fighting causes you to face life head on, because you could end up seriously getting hurt, and you could hurt somebody else. It causes both people to face the reality that we are fragile beings, but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves in the process and punch each other in the face and have a good time.