Quotes about Victory

There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.

In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

There live a great man named Joe / who was belittled by a loudmouth foe / While his rival would taunt and tease / Joe silently bore the stings / And then fought like gladiator in the ring

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

You don't lose when you get knocked down. You lose when you stay down.

As for me, I know no fighter can survive if he feels sorry for himself when he's defeated. When I accept a fight, I accept the consequences. I do everything to make the fight come out my way, but if I'm defeated I have to get up and come back again, no matter how humiliating the loss.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.