Thomas Hearns Quotes

I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.

I'm never going to settle for losing.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Man is not made for defeat.

Winners celebrate and losers mobilize.

My only sentiment is to win.

We have all lost before and we will win again.

I know I can beat everyone that defeated me.

We want to win because we are hungry for success.

To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution and determination.

No matter how often defeated, you are born to victory.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

We want people who come from humble backgrounds and have a need to win.

When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.

I hate to lose. I like winning.

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.

What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

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.