Naseem Hamed Quotes

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

Benson is a champion. I'd be lying to you if I said I wasn't scared to death inside this cage, stepping into the cage with that monster.

Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.

A boxing ring looks different from the inside, particularly when it's shared with another man who is intent upon rendering you unconscious. There's no place to hide. Once a fighter climbs the stairs, he's roped in, unable to leave until his night's work is done.

You can't play scared.

Respect every opponent, but fear none.

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'

That's the way to go. People say: 'Oh, he doesn't want to come back, he's scared,' and it's to play with your brain, to play with your mind. I'm not scared of nobody. I'm not scared of no human being. I'm scared to fight, every time I fight I'm scared, but I'll bite into my mouthpiece and I'll walk the walk.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

To get scared is something not in my personality.

In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, 'This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for'. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.

I'm not even scared of the devil. If the devil confronted me, I'd confront him as well.

I do not fear war, it is my trade.

I shall hurl the first spear at the foe. If any man can stand at rest while Attila fights, he is a dead man.

Fearless is not the absence of fear. It is the mastery of fear.