Counter attack Quote by Thomas Gravesen

Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?

— Larry Merchant

I was prepared to get knocked out myself trying to knock him out, because then I could sleep at night knowing that I've given…

— Carl Froch

I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for…

— Mike Tyson

I had to beat him up in front of everybody for threatening me.

— David Haye

And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down.

— Charlotte Bronte

I hammered him with my fists. He just stood and took it. He didn't suffer graciously, he looked pissed off to no end. But…

— Karen Marie Moning

I wanted to protect him, which I was sure I could do, even if I could not protect myself.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

It was an urge. . . . . A strong urge, and the longer I let it go the stronger it got, to where…

— Edmund Kemper

I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.

— Mike Tyson

I was guilty and irritated and full of love and pain. I wanted to kick him and I wanted to take him in my…

— Anonymous

If you didn't regret it at the time it happened, you shouldn't regret it now.

— Anonymous

I wanted to hit him. I wanted to hold him. I wanted to shout myself into his ear.

— Jonathan Safran Foer