Punches Quotations

My training in martial arts was kind of a crash course in how to look like a black belt. I know the moves of a black belt - my kicks, and my stretches, and my punches and all that.

The baseball fights, you don't ever see the squaring off like you do in hockey, and in some instances, that's where baseball fights can be potentially more dangerous because you've got guys running all over the place and people throwing punches at you that you don't even see half the time.

Most women have learned a great deal about how to set goals for our First Adulthood and how to roll with the punches when we hit a rough passage. But we're less prepared for our Second Adulthood as we approach life after retirement, where there are no fixed entrances or exits, and lots of sand into which it is easy to bury our heads.

I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.

Obama seems like he tries to talk everyone into what he believes - and that's part of why we elected him, because he's a calm, reasonable guy - but behind that, there has to be some fight. You have to be able to take a few punches and throw a few punches.

Whether I moved people to throw punches or cry, I did that through my art and what I do. I would never take that experience away to race against a speedometer. Or play on a team.

We're going to make it very clear that he's a Democrat who punches back.

When he dropped his hands to his waistband, the officers are trained to assume he's going for a weapon. That's what the punches were about. Officers who don't assume a suspect is going for a gun end up dead.

Mike used a lot of his boxing skills and angles to get away from him. He?d be hitting him with punches as the guy came charging forward. It was like a matador with a bull, and he was hitting him with some hooks.

Only fighting each other could have brought that much effort out, at a time in their careers when fighters, given all the punches that had landed on them, generally don't want to go that far,

I have always been a martial arts fighter; it goes to back when I was eighteen. I was competing on the circuit, but when you're performing, you tend to pull punches because you don't want to hurt anyone.

I always tell my people in the gym I'm getting old. The legs are the oldest thing on me. Once your knees go it's a struggle. I'm not able to move as much anymore. My whole game plan, my whole boxing career has been around moving and getting out of the way. I was not a person who catches a lot of punches. I slip more punches than getting hit. I had to get away from that and sit down.

He tends to remind me about that a lot. You just have to roll with the punches around here.

He has got a heck of a punch on him and I wouldn't like his fist in the back of my head so I think it's best to stay away when he does that! He punches the ball in training and gets a lot of distance with them, some even go over the halfway line!

He never really wanted to fight, ... He threw punches and moved away, and I had a difficult time catching up to him.

He'll miss you with three, four punches and knock you out with the fifth. Even hitting the bag, he'll miss and almost fall down, but then, Bam! When he knocked out Jeremy Williams, he was falling down. So, we're working on his balance.

We've been very consistent here in terms of our approach and the way we've dealt with issues that have come up, ... I think the players, especially for a veteran team, appreciate a direct honesty and a direct approach. We don't pull punches and we're on the same page. We're working together toward one cause, one goal.

We just have to land a couple punches early when it's our turn.

We took some tough losses early this year. But it's good to take on three solid teams in less than 24 hours. It shows we can take a few punches and jump right back into the ring.

We threw two knockout punches at them and they kept coming. I was pleased with our guys because I felt this was a different type of game than we have had. Our kids battled and were tough and figured out a way to get it done at the end. I am really proud of them.

He's got big traps and a short neck, ... I've seen him take a good shot in sparring. I've seen him walk through some big punches by Jeremy Williams and Taurus Sykes. His stamina in the mid to late rounds is a big question. You also don't know how he's going to respond if he gets knocked down.

He didn't hurt me. He gave me a chin check. I felt one of his hardest punches and it was nothing. In fact, it got me mad.

I think it's like when you watch a boxing match. Ever notice that the guy who lands the first couple good punches usually comes out on top?

I will fight you, and I will be wiser doing it. I just don't want to take punches for no reason, but at the same time I need to box from the outside. I can box and make him miss. But if I want to get in the trenches and fight, I can do that also. I do not fear anybody anymore as far as taking their shot.

People need to feel like they're not being attacked, like they're in a safe space where no punches are being pulled.

I think politics are going to play a big part this year. The movies and the people that don't pull punches are getting a lot of attention in the races.

I think I had him sometime in the eighth round. I knew the body punches were wearing him down, and I knew that if I could keep landing them, I'd probably get him.

I think Ken is capable of landing punches on this government in a way I don't see anyone else being able to do.

I thought I got robbed. I thought I threw more punches than him and landed more. But that's how boxing is. I just can't believe I lost that fight.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. . . I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

Maybe if we could have put them away, he wouldn't have come back. We made a mess of this, and we took two big punches on Monday and Tuesday. But we're still standing.

I wasn't really worried about the first knockdown, ... That was a flash knockdown. But I saw him on the ropes get hurt with punches where he wouldn't have got hurt before. It was inevitable what was going to happen.

Winning a Nobel Prize isn't about being clever at all. It's about making... at least in physiology or medicine, it's about making discoveries, and you don't have to be clever to make a discovery, I don't think; it just comes up and punches you on the nose.

White was getting beaten pretty badly. He was taking hard punches and showed distress. He told me that he was too tired when I went over after the third round.

When you're in the presence of the president of the United States ... you're likely to pull your punches to some degree.

We will review the film. The films we have right now are inconclusive. The early reviews show a little different thing than what was indicated. I thought there was a flagrant technical on our kid, yet I almost got one of the punches in the face. ... I saw two of the punches being thrown.

When people ask me about what I learned from martial arts, I don't talk about favorite punches or kicks, or about fights won or lost. I talk about learning self-discipline, about ethics and manners and benevolence and fairness.

We kept standing in the middle of the ring taking punches and by the eighth or ninth round, we were still standing. We started throwing counter punches. I am extremely proud of the way we competed.

We've played in some tough places, we've been through a gambit of situations, ... I think for the most part we've learned something from all the punches we took early in the year.

This was like a heavyweight fight. We both came out and threw some punches and were a little tired. Then we found our groove and got it going.

We had a few punches thrown every now and then, but boys are going to be boys. We'd just separate them and let them cool off.

Twisting your hips is where all the power in your punches and kicks comes from.

Tony Weeks 100 percent should have stopped the fight six or seven punches earlier,

Britain punches way above its weight in science, and I think we need to continue to do that, and anything that makes it easier to bring scientists in will be very welcome.

Between games we talked about how we let each other down by not giving our best effort in a couple innings and that probably cost us the game. Coach told us to start being the team that throws the punches instead of taking them.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Do you have any excuses tonight Roy Jones? And seven punches later - seven is the number of completion - seven punches later is Roy Jones no more. So you have to look back, it's a powerful, powerful statement. I told Roy Jones when he was the heavyweight champion, You're not even the best fighter in Florida. And I got to prove it. So it's a spiritual thing when you think about it, man. And I'm just so thankful. Going through the transition from amateur to the pros - they can't deny me no more. I refuse to be denied. And I told the world that it will recognize, before it's all over, they will recognize. And now they do.

Andy is performing very well in training and his punches are very sharp during sparring. A boxer's pro debut is very important so we are focused on the job.

These are two body punches we've taken back-to-back, ... We haven't gotten over Wellington.

I've adapted my footwork and my punches are a lot harder now. My first fight was like my amateur fights. I went in there with fast feet and fast hands but now I've slowed it down so I'm adapting to it and getting more power into my shots.

Texas gave us some hard punches and we had to be Buster Douglas and swing back. And we swung back at them. We knocked out Mike Tyson.

Raheem's a difficult fighter. He never really wanted to fight. He threw punches and moved away, and I had a difficult time catching up to him.

Oscar is one of the most naturally-gifted fighters I've ever seen. When Oscar fights on his toes, he reminds me of Sugar Ray Robinson. What they have in common is, Ray punched best from his toes, and Oscar punches best from his toes. It's the opposite of what you'd expect and I don't understand it completely, but it has to do with rhythm. When Oscar stands flat-footed, he loses his punching-power.

Normally Greenspan's pretty cautious, but this time he didn't pull any punches in being upbeat on the economy.

Now I know how they really feel, and now I can tell you know how I really feel, I don't have to hold any punches any more. If they're looking for a fight, I've been ready for a fight.

Coach Childers is an excellent coach. Last year, he had to roll with the punches with the cards he was dealt. ? The skill level just wasn't there.

This game is a physical game, especially this time of year. Carolina has been the puncher for most of the time, they line up and punch people in the mouth. Today, we took their push and we swung back, and our punches were definitely stronger.

They may hope Delta takes a couple of punches and is more willing to negotiate,

This is the kind of movie that doesn't pull any punches and deals with a controversial subject, ... It is timely. There are a lot of events that have transpired in the last few years that have made people concerned about what's going on here at home and around the world. I think we're not always sure what we're getting on the news, if it's the truth or not.

It was good entertainment, ... But watching it through a fighter's eyes, I saw things. Crowe doesn't have a fighter's build. His neck's too thin. His chin, he was putting it right out there to be hit. Some of his moves, his balance. A lot of his punches he was throwing out the window. But, look, it was okay, it was okay.

It's like being in a fight, ... You take a few punches and you're like, 'OK, that's enough. I'm going to have to give it back, and that's what he did'.

The best way to take a punch is to look at it. Honestly. Someone could hit you with the hardest punch that they have, but as long as you see it, it's not going to knock you out. It's the punches that you don't see that knock you out. So you could get tapped with a small punch, but if you don't see it, you're out.

Not there. He doesn't work his way in behind the jab, he doesn't punch to the body. Rather than work his way into position to throw punches -- and it is work -- he loads up with wide punches and long punches. The one thing he has retained is his power. But when he's loading up, he's vulnerable.

It nearly cost me my title, ... I was exhausted from throwing the punches that (should have) knocked him out. I gave my best effort to knock him out and I did that. Then, when the fight should be over, I've got to find the effort to do that all over again after he gets 70, 80 seconds rest! That wasn't right and I was very concerned for my title at that point.

I've KO'd a lot of guys verbally. I've got one of the most vicious knockout punches with the tongue of anyone on earth.

It was a close fight with a lot of close rounds, ... Morales landed the bigger punches but Manny landed more combinations.

They came out swinging; we took their punches and swung back harder. They got the first few licks. They're a good team. We knew we'd be fighting for our lives.

The thing is, he was hitting very hard. I wanted him to wear himself out. I wanted to stay right with my punches and I did.

The kids told us that the suspect regularly punches them with her fists and hits them with a broomstick and belt.

I knew with his mentality, his ego, he was gonna try to knock me out, which was gonna allow me to really hit him, ... But my corner stopped it. That was a disappointment I had to overcome, to be able to understand that they actually felt I shouldn't be taking no punches and that they didn't want me to get hurt. So now I have to find a new trainer.

Inside the ring I do not think there has ever been a fighter I can remember since the early Mike Tyson that comes in and throws punches with the fury that Lacy comes into the ring with. He does not ask if someone is a southpaw or whatever. All he says is give me the date and the time I have to be in the locker room.

I hope it's a great fight with a record number of punches thrown, ... Bob Canobbio had a great idea on how to make a significant donation to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina and we are more than happy to participate.

I hit him with the best punches I could throw and he wouldn't go away.

He's right. I took the first punch. I'll take 100 punches against me. He's right to take a shot. He's got to protect his players.

He's very strong and I hit him with most of the punches I've got and he still stood there. But I've done the four rounds now and I found it very easy. In the first fight I rushed a bit but I pace myself and I was getting better shots in.

If I have an hourly employee that punches in and out, how am I supposed to verify that they took the break? The state says you should get an extra 15-minute paid break and it's almost impossible to regulate that.

I did a lot of things I don't normally do in that fight and it bothers me. There were a bunch of nerves when I first walked out there, it being for a championship and all. I won't give him so much space. I won't waste so many punches or chase him around.

I dont think he's as strong as McCline, ... I understand he comes to fight and throws a lot of punches so I have to be ready.

I can't believe it. I've just got to roll with the punches and come back better than ever this year. I think I went through a lot of this stuff in 2003, mentally coming to grips with not playing.

And before I knew it one came up and then immediately punches started coming from all directions and all I could do was drop and just protect myself.