Ricky Steamboat Quotes

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.

Football is like boxing because you have to know when it is time to attack.

I haven't just got a fight IQ - and I'm clever. I've got that power. I've got that movement. I've got that timing.

I love it when fighters are textbook.

I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend.

Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing.

I say the sweet science is to hit and not get hit.

Boxing is all about timing. And if you take long periods of inactivity, you will be made to pay the price.

Oftentimes, you have to be able to throw it in order to run it.

I've always said I have very good timing. It is underestimated when you are outside the ring but once you get inside the ring with me, I'm a step ahead.

Striking isn't just about kicking and punching. It's far more complex than that. It's also about timing and range.

My thing is that if you love the sport, appreciate the sport as a whole. If you love the sport, you love the slick boxer; you love the guy who can box and punch. You love the brawler.

Styles make fights.

Football is a collective sport, but goalkeeping is an individual sport.

I've spent years trying to time up my drops with my throws. You learn to listen to your feet and trust your positions.

Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit.

It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

I've always had a knack for hitting the mark perfectly. Even when I'm walking or running, I'm very good at not having to look down.

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.

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.