Brian Ortega Quotes

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

I don't pull out of fights. I fight through injuries. I don't care what the circumstances are.

It's going to take more than one loss for me to hang up my gloves; that's for sure.

I'm not a frontrunner. I'm a complete fighter.

I'm not going nowhere, no matter who I fight.

It's always special to fight.

I've been in the boxing ring, taking punches to my face. I've always got back up.

I always want fighting spirit first.

I am a fighter. I learned it at Genk in my first year when we were fighting against going down. Also, at Bremen last year, it was very difficult. We had to fight more often than not. I will fight again to earn my place.

Getting cut four separate times really never stopped me.

The Buffalo Bills will never stop fighting.

When I'm out there, I play with a chip on my shoulder regardless of the situation.

If you're going to get in the ring and try to take the belt, you have to prepare to get hit.

I got knocked down, I don't know how many years ago and I haven't been off my feet since, and I responded again against the best in division without the respect of having the chin I'm supposed to have.

You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

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

A true champion will fight through anything.

When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.

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.

In boxing, you get hit, it's painful, then you sit on the stool when the adrenaline is gone and you feel that pain. And then you fight the next round.

If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it.