Michael Chiesa Quotes

I've been an underdog my whole life with the shape that I have and the way that I look. But once I get in the ring it's a whole different ball game.

Nobody breaks in a fight and comes back in the same fight. Once you break, you're done for the night. You've gotta go back. You've gotta shower up. You've gotta fly home. You've got to reassess, take three or four months, and try it again. But that Anderson Silva breaks in that fight, and still finds a way to win, is remarkable.

It is a lot harder when you are 4-1 down than when you are 4-1 up.

When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.

The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog.

I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The lessons have just made me stronger.

I'm used to being the underdog.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

I've been in crisis situations, I've been down, I've been hurt, I've been behind on the scorecards, and I've had to pull that shot out to knock somebody out. I've been in all kinds of situations and still come out on top.

I've been an underdog all my life.

The only way to make it through life is to fight.

Even in the past, going out to Germany to fight for the world title I was the underdog, was getting no praise and I went in there very confident I would win and that's what happened.

Great fighters get beat, and great fighters come back.

I know that there is failure, but if you're prepared, you can accept whatever happens in the ring.

I lost my first professional fight, but came back and won fights until I fought for the world title.

In fights when I've had the odds stacked against me, I definitely perform better because it's like a challenge to me - and I always like a challenge.

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. But in the process, I won two heavyweight titles. Not many men can say that.

I'd rather be the underdog than anything.

The fight's the fight.

I'm always the underdog, but I don't mind that.

I've been in the boxing ring, taking punches to my face. I've always got back up.

Usyk could beat me - he's beaten better than me, so he could beat me - but I just don't think he will, and I will find a way.