"There is no such thing as a natural……" — Cus D'Amato
"There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the best. You have to practice and train to become the best."
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27 Quotes by Cus D'Amato
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The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his…
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A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I…
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To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.
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Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the…
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Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting…
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People who are born round don't die square.
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There are very few new things in this world, very few. That's why people that are young, if they're smart,…
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I never teach until I've spoken to the fighter. I have to first determine his emotional state, get his background,…
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Every fighter that ever lived had fear. A boy comes to me and tells me that he's not afraid, if…
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When you get hit that's when you've got to be calm. A professional fighter has to learn how to hit…
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If you can hit your opponent with two punches, you don't hit him with one. Get off with some bad…
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I tell my kids, what is the difference between a hero and a coward? What is the difference between being…
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More Aptitude Quotes
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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
— Anton Chekhov
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The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all…
— Denis Waitley
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Your attitude is more important that your aptitude.
— Zig Ziglar
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In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who…
— Proclus
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a…
— Nelson Mandela
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The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the…
— Wilfred Trotter
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Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into…
— Ken Robinson
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In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.
— Norm MacDonald
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I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of…
— Samuel Johnson
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If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise…
— Herbert Spencer
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People who don't have the interest or aptitude for serious college studies at age 18 may find that later in…
— George Leef
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