Micky Ward Quotes

#1. The most exciting fight I have called on HBO was the first meeting between Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward. When I stood up to do the post-fight on camera, my stomach muscles were tight and sore from the tension of watching them take their lives into their hands and trade shots.

Jim Lampley

#2. I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution.

James Q. Wilson

#3. There's some things that you're passionate about as a director. You just know it has to be a certain way. The challenge is resolving those so everyone is happy and no one feels that they have not been heard.

Ricky Schroder

#4. I think I have a great sense of me as a person.

Chamique Holdsclaw

#5. The mere presence of a human being, with its offer of at least some companionship, broke down the tension in which his nerves had long been resisting a bottomless dismay. pg. 24

C.S. Lewis

#6. I never lost a fight because I wasn't in shape or because I wasn't ready. I lost because I was either beaten by a man better than me, or it wasn't my night.

Micky Ward

#7. Emotional hurt, you gotta let that go. Walk away and let it be. So many highs and lows, but if you keep being down, you'll never get up.

Micky Ward

#8. I don't watch every fight; I am not huge on watching fights on TV. Because I did it my whole life. But I do watch the big fights. I follow the little fights too, sometimes; I just don't have to watch every single fight that happens.

Micky Ward

#9. I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.

Johnny Weir

#10. I knocked a lot of guys out from the seventh round on - so if I gave up, I would never have achieved what I did. There was no giving up. It's weak to give up. The easiest thing in the world is to quit.

Micky Ward

#11. Man is a rational animal. So at least we have been told. Throughout a long life I have searched diligently for evidence in favor of this statement. So far, I have not had the good fortune to come across it.

Bertrand Russell

#12. When things are good, you should be thanking God. I don't do enough of that. But if you get things, you should thank Him, not just take, take, take. He really listens.

Micky Ward

#13. I always felt that if I did the right thing, that if I trained hard and worked hard, I'd be rewarded somehow.

Micky Ward

#14. I'm back in Boston. I own an outdoor deck hockey rink, and I own a boxing gym here also.

Micky Ward

#15. I think, in general, finding the right time to have a baby is pretty scary.

Jenny Slate

#16. I trained as hard as I could, I ran as much as I could, I sparred hard, I did everything right. I did everything I could possibly do at the age when I could fight. You have to be realistic; you can't say, 'Oh, I am smarter now, older and I can punch harder.' You think you can, but you can't.

Micky Ward

#17. You give to get. Whether it's helping someone or training a kid, I believe you will be rewarded in some way.

Micky Ward