Ricky Hatton Quotes

I was always the kid at school who thought it was a good idea to set off the fire alarm. And much as I'm aware that that's a trait which also propels other things which are good, I wish I could just pause and go, 'Is this really what you want to do?'

The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces.

Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'

I don't know what idiocies drove me in those days, but they were naive, innocent idiocies in many ways.

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

I'm living on this positive mind frame where I'm only attracting positive things. I'm controlling my energy, I'm eating right, I'm meditating, I'm in the gym, I'm doing all this stuff I'm supposed to be doing. I'm past that young, immature way of thinking. I just want to be great.

I think if I was not in love, I would probably let myself go faster. Love gives me the vanity to continue.

People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.

I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?

I fought Swanson when I was injured and I shouldn't have but I wanted to.

When I do martial arts, I feel like its inward facing. Like, I'm improving myself, I'm getting healthier. It's almost like mindfulness for something.

I think we've all done things that are a detriment to ourselves, and we've all made good choices that have brought good things for us.

I, as Chrissy, want to do things that mentally, emotionally and physically make me the best that I can be.

I just thought to myself, 'What am I doing? Is this how I'm going to live my adult life, banging my head, especially with what I've learned and know about the dangers?'

Girl, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself!

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

I have to stop watching the Olympics. It just reminds me that I forgot to try really hard at something.

Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.

Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life.