Climbing into the ring, the best-prepared fighter is the one who has tried to understand their opponent. Especially if it’s yourself.

I taught you to fight and to fly. What more could there be?

Cus told me that to be a great fighter you had to get out of your head. He would have me sit down and he’d say, “Transcend. Focus. Relax until you see yourself looking at yourself. Tell me when you get there.

What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

Before you can win the fight, you’ve got to be in the fight.

I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate.

The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.

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.

I understand that you belittle all sentiments of generosity and kindness, but I do not, and I can convince your most doughty warrior that these characteristics are not incompatible with an ability to fight.

Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.

Know why you’re in the fight to stay in the fight!

You discover that it takes far more courage to transform the impulse toward justified violence into the embrace of a supposed adversary.

who come out limp often have the most trouble. But the ones who come out all pissed off and full of noise,
they’re the fighters. They’re the ones who thrive.

Flow starts when we say yes to the fight.