Stone Cold Steve Austin Quotes

The Finals are about a test of wills.

I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.

Just wanting to play, I think that's my biggest attribute, just wanting to play through whatever I have to in order to go out and compete.

There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.

The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Often I feel like I can run forever. If someone told me I had to run for 10 hours, I probably could.

In wrestling, there is no retreat. No way to slow things down. In wrestling, you advance and advance, and being tired is just a lie to make the other guy think he can relax. It's so hard - harder than anything I've ever done.

I'm a strong fellow.

Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him.

As tired as I am, I can always go another round, and I feel the other guy can't.

It's not for everybody, and some of the toughest people I've ever met in my lifetime, I met in the wrestling ring.

Boxing distills and illuminates the essence of an athlete. There's nowhere to hide. Boxers live and perform at the extremes. They provide us with answers about a given contest, but more important, they ask us fundamental questions about human narratives. What does this person really stand for? How far will he go to defend it?

The one thing about me, if it is a 15-minute fight, I'm fighting every one of them 15 minutes. And if it's a 25-minute fight, I'll be fighting all 25 until the bell rings.

I have to play a bit of a physical game and try to work harder than everyone else.

I dominate, and I break guys' wills. When they come to fight me, they know they're going to be in for a fight, and it's going to be a test of wills.

I proved that I can win the Grand Slams. I proved that I can last four and a half hours and come out on top against one of the strongest guys physically that tennis had probably seen especially on this surface. So they would probably be the things that I would say I have learned tonight: To not doubt myself physically and mentally from now on.

I like the marathon because it's one race where you can find out who's really the toughest. On the track, sometimes a guy can just pull away, and you want to stay with him but you don't have the leg speed. The marathon is slow enough that anyone can stay with you if he wants, if he has the will. The marathon is ultimately a test of will.

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

I am an incredibly strong person and an incredibly fast person.

Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.

I have the strength to endure it all.

My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.

Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight.