Colby Covington Quotes

You put the pressure on this guy. You test his conditioning. You test the cardio. You test the heart, the will. That's how you beat RDA.

I have the strength to endure it all.

Preparedness for a game that usually lasts four-five hours requires good physical condition and also steady nerves.

Battles are won in the hearts of men.

When you know you can run forever on court, you're not worried that you can play three sets. I think this is really important for your confidence.

If you get into an armbar and someone locks it down on you, it's easy for you to tap out, but sometimes dealing with certain things, fighting through certain adversities, and being that I've been in some of the toughest situations in life, it just gives me an edge on my opponent that I'm going to torture him and beat him up.

You can't fight if you're nervous.

Mentally, I could fight forever. I feel I'm the best fighter on the planet. My mind says I can fight forever, but physically, I won't be able to do it.

If nerves undo you, then you're unlikely to make it as a top footballer.

Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.

The way I dig in to push myself through mountain climbs is totally psychological. I'm not designed to do that stuff. It's mind over matter.

Tennis is a tough sport - a long year, a lot of matches, a lot of travelling. It's not easy so being mentally tough is a big attribute. It doesn't come easy, you have to work on it.

You're not going to win mental warfare with me. I am one of the mentally toughest guys, if not the mentally toughest guy in the UFC.

Give me 30 minutes rest, little drink of water. Give me 30 minutes, and I can fight with anybody.

Athletics is not so much about the legs. It's about the heart and mind.

When I go in the Octagon, it's no big deal. Just gonna go fight. Majority of the people? 'Dude, I'm scared to even walk through there.' Everything's a matter of perspective.

I always want to fight guys that want to test me.

You couldn't play if you weren't tough. You'd get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It's what we breed.

Ski jumping is just 10 per cent physical, 90 per cent mental. Some people can't do that. It's not just to do with the fear at the top. It takes a lot of guts to go off the top, but it takes 100 times more courage to jump off the end.

Truly, I am not afraid of one man in this whole UFC Octagon roster. I truly don't care. What's the worst thing that's going to happen to me? I lose. I get knocked out?

Everybody gets a bit tired now and then but that's what being a world champion is all about. You just deal with it.

I'm not saying I'm Mr Goody Two Shoes. I'm not. But if you try to rough me up, I'm going to body-slam you. I'm going to do everything I have to do psychologically to tell you that you are not stronger than me.

To play this game, you've got to have heart, and a lot of guys don't have it. I can sit here and say we all do, but we all don't.

I do not murmur, even if my heart break.

This time her heart would not break, even though it would hurt and hurt for a long time to come. Perhaps for the rest of her life. But it would not break. She had the strength to go on alone.