Nate Robinson Quotes

Real men know how to move as real men. Real men won't allow themselves to be disrespected. Real men aren't punks.

All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.

Oh, I'm going to raise him on Black Sabbath and Metallica and football and MMA and all things that should matter for a young boy, and discipline and strength and honor and courage and everything that I would hope to instill within my son.

When I'm thinking of sports, when I'm thinking of a boy growing up and being a man, I'm thinking of three things - honor, integrity, and toughness.

There is something of the warrior in me.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.

Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness.

I think it's safe to say that 'manliness' was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here's the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism.

War is fear cloaked in courage.

A sword's honor is its idleness.

If there was no war, the young men felt that they were denied manhood.

Men go to war for fear, honor or interest.

A brave nation fights because it must; a cowardly nation fights because it can.

Whenever someone says something bad about you, just confront them on it and just be a man and own up to it. If you said something you shouldn t have said, and it's important to somebody you need to talk to, you need to go talk to them. Be a man. Step up.

I love fighting. I want to fight, but there are principles in this game. You've got to have morals. I'm not just going to fight fights to fight to get nowhere.

Back before our civilization despised itself, we applauded tough men. But you can't produce tough men - or honorable women - without tough love. If you want to keep civilization, you better start by insisting that boys grow up, instead of trying to infantilize them so they're afraid to stop sucking their thumbs.

Toughness isn't that you've got to fight with the guy after the play or punch him because he punched you. That's not tough. That's dumb.

Kirkland and Khan are chinny fighters. I am not like that.

My father was a man's man and was always respected for being a straight shooter. My dad always had an amazing sense of calm about him.

I like the idea of being able to fight my way out of something.

Listen folks, if you want your son to grow up to be a man, don't have him run around on a field kicking a ball; get him wrestling.

I'm a tough guy. I'm ready to battle with anybody.

You've got to be humble; you've got to be nice to everyone. But when you're in the ring, that's the time to let your fists do the talking, and that's the time for action.

Me personally, I can take getting beat, if it's about basketball. But when it gets to the point where you're being personal, and being disrespectful as a man to another man, that's when I have a problem.