Defend Quote by Curtis Blaydes

Lot of guys can take punches. The idea is not to take unnecessary punishment.

— Jake LaMotta

The thing about learning how to fight is that some of us are not born with that desire. They say some are born fighters;…

— Anonymous

Back when I was maybe 19, guys would go, 'I can kick your butt!' So I had a few showdowns. To my advantage, I…

— William Zabka

You just can't say 'I'll fight anybody.' Some guys do that early in their career, and their careers never have a chance to develop,…

— Benson Henderson

Every fight is like a different landscape of what you go through. But sometimes it's small injuries. Sometimes it's lessons you walk away with.…

— Dustin Poirier

A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to…

— Nonito Donaire

A big strong guy could throw punches, but on the ground, it's a lot different when you have to learn every single way to…

— Dillon Danis

I think a lot of guys just go out there and fight, or they learn a real basic way of striking. There are so…

— Gerald Meerschaert

The big guys choose who they want to fight and they think about history: 'how many times I defended my title.' They try to…

— Evander Holyfield

It's funny that through learning how to physically fight, you also learn how to navigate really complicated and hard conversations with people.

— Sharice Davids

There's a lot of guys who don't get to fight a guy three times after losing to him twice.

— Chad Mendes

It takes more of a man not to fight than a man to fight.

— Justin Lee Riner