Jay Asher Quotes

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

There's no such thing as a lucky punch. You throw to hurt someone and if you hurt someone, job done.

If I was fighting myself, I always say that I would kill Mike Tyson but then again I don't know how hard a punch Mike Tyson can take and I don't know how hard Mike Tyson's punch is. I don't know. For me looking at me, I think I can beat me.

In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of - two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the very best men In the county; which, in the Georgia vocabulary, means they could flog any other two men in the county.

I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

Mother's father and brothers all took great interest in pugilism, and they knew the game well from much practice of their own. They were never so much delighted as when I visited them with a black eye or a bloody nose, at which time they would be at the trouble to give cunning points as to how to meet an opponent according to his weight and height.

I grew up in a neighbourhood where there was a lot of fighting. It's what boys did during school, during recess, after school. And I was a fairly large kid. So everyone wanted to see if they could take me on.

I know the girls can't take my punches.

Definitely, I got a reputation growing up playing on the guys' hockey teams. The guys knew how tough I was because I played with them. I got quite a good reputation for beating up boys going up through school.

My first boxing experience came at around 14. There was always confrontation in the area I grew up in. My mentality, I'll be honest, was if someone tries it with me, I want to be able to knock them out.

I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.

Football and boxing helped me immensely. Those sports helped me become dangerous.

I'm knocking fools out. I'm beating guys because that's what I was born to do.

I'm 5 foot, 3 inches. Even if I hit you, I'm probably not going to knock you down.

One person might perceive me as godlike, and the next might think I'm a northern thug. I don't think I've done myself any favours... but I swear I've not had a proper fight since I was 14.

The male ego is a terrifying, terrifying thing, you know? If it's shattered, it becomes even more dangerous.

Sometimes you knock someone out, sometimes you just beat 'em.

I've been around. I've fought in the big fights.

I really believe I can knock anyone out in this world.

I'm just a normal fellow who gets punched in the face for a living and gets punched really hard at times as well. But you know what? I'm all right at punching them back.

The real reason Tyron Woodley doesn't want to fight me is because the last time we were in the gym together, I broke him.

The squared circle's no pretty place to be, and there's nothin' sweet about it.

I just like to fight, man. The place doesn't really bother me.