Quotes about Perseverance

There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.

There live a great man named Joe / who was belittled by a loudmouth foe / While his rival would taunt and tease / Joe silently bore the stings / And then fought like gladiator in the ring

I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

He who hits and runs away, lives to fight another day.

You don't have to be in a boxing ring to be a great fighter. As long as you are true to yourself, you will succeed in your fight for that in which you believe.

You don't lose when you get knocked down. You lose when you stay down.

As for me, I know no fighter can survive if he feels sorry for himself when he's defeated. When I accept a fight, I accept the consequences. I do everything to make the fight come out my way, but if I'm defeated I have to get up and come back again, no matter how humiliating the loss.

Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.