Sharice Davids Quotes

I wasn't allowed to throw big hooks and overhand rights until I'd been striking for three years. It's so you don't rely on those things from the very beginning. If your footwork sucks, and you can only stand in one place and throw your hands all crazy while the other person is running around, you're never going to be able to hit them.

Fight prep, boxing, cardio, stretching. It's almost like dancing, you have to learn to dance and keep practicing it.

My striking isn't the prettiest, and I hit really hard.

MMA embodies a lot of disciplines of sports with footwork and with football, especially with the punching technique you get the hand and eye coordination.

Even the basics of learning how to throw a good punch is very hard.

I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.

But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

When you punch somebody in the ring, you have to use your whole body. I learned that it's more about technique than physical strength.

I spent the whole first year of my career just on my legs. If you have good legs under you, then you can punch. Anybody can stand and throw their hands and look like an idiot. If you actually want to learn how to punch, you have to work on being balanced on your legs and feeling your legs under you. Feel the ground.

Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense.

Your weight has to be behind the punch to make it matter.

I'm a lot more comfortable in the ring. I'm comfortable catching punches, and defensively, I feel like I've improved a lot. I am banking on my athleticism. I've worked hard on my footwork.

Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

I say the sweet science is to understand not only how to fight coming forward, how to be a big puncher, but also understand, if you run into a guy who can take your punch for the first time, how to react.

Bundu is a very good fighter. He's experienced and technically sound, but he can be awkward.

I've been working a lot on my jab.

I've been boxing for a while now, and I probably could fight a little bit if I wanted to.

My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.

I've had a lot of people tell me I'm faster than Tyson.

When you fight a shorter fighter, you attack with uppercuts.

I was surprised at how slow Froch was. We were able to beat him to the punch.

No matter how much cardio you do - running or biking or whatever - it's never the same as being in the ring.

I do a lot of kicking practice and passing, and it has made a massive difference.

The power from the punches come from your legs.

You've got to be a certain type of person to be a professional fighter. I prefer to do it for pretend.