I don't generally go after people offensively, but if somebody comes after me, I will absolutely meet them every step of the way and then some, no question.
One should be alert and know how to defend oneself in case something untoward happens.
I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.
The only thing I can do is continue to defend myself.
I never like being hit without striking back.
A covenant not to defend myself from force by force is always void. For ... no man can transfer or lay down his Right to save himself. For the right men have by Nature to protect themselves, when none else can protect them, can by no Covenant be relinquished. ... [The right] to defend ourselves [is the] summe of the Right of Nature.
It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend oneself. I don't think it's fair to ask anybody not to defend herself or himself.
I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.
Any way, any form necessary to defend himself; Negro should reserve the right to do that just the same as others have the right to do it.
I don't know - too much about Robert Williams tactics, but if he was trying to defend himself, he was within his God-given rights and within - and he was also within his natural right, because first law of nature is self-preservation.
Being a black belt from the Nogueira brothers, I have the obligation to always defend myself well on the ground.
In school and college, there have been instances where I wish I knew how to defend myself.
