Top 100 Quotes About The Fighter
#1. Like the fighter, the Warrior is aware of his own immense strength; he never fights with anyone who does not deserve the honor of combat.
Paulo Coelho
#2. To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
Adolf Galland
#3. Shut up!" Finn turned, furious. "Look at you both! The only friends I have in this hell and all you can do is fight over me. Do either of you care about me? Not the seer, the fighter, the fool who takes all the risks, but me, Finn?
Catherine Fisher
#4. I never teach until I've spoken to the fighter. I have to first determine his emotional state, get his background, to find out what I have to do, how many layers I have to keep peeling off so that I get to the core of the person so that he can recognize, as well as I, what is there.
Cus D'Amato
#5. The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish.
Manfred Von Richthofen
#6. I believe you owe her an apology, the fighter said in his quiet, even tone.
Marissa Meyer
#7. I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.
David O. Russell
#8. The fighter's pale eyes darted to Scarlet, and for a moment she sensed a connection between them. Here they were, both outcasts. Unwanted. Crazy.
Marissa Meyer
#9. In my family I was never known as the fighter, like I became all of a sudden.
Jane Byrne
#10. There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.
Thomas A. Edison
#11. Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.
Budd Schulberg
#12. When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much.
Sugar Ray Leonard
#13. The success of 'The Fighter' made it a lot easier to get 'Broken City' green-lit. And the buzz about 'The Fighter' also made it a lot easier to get 'Contraband' green-lit.
Mark Wahlberg
#14. When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.
Adolf Galland
#15. I would say that when I came into this chapter of my filmmaking career, starting with 'The Fighter,' there was this sense that you have to go from your instincts and you have to go from your gut, and you have to not hesitate and you have to not hedge.
David O. Russell
#16. Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor.
Ernest Hemingway,
#17. All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on.
Gerry Cooney
#18. It's the squares who know how to fly the fighter planes and operate the missiles and the bombs and work the M-16s. Liberals would still be fumbling with the federally mandated trigger locks.
P. J. O'Rourke
#19. 'The Fighter' was about a family struggling to overcome and fighting each other sometimes, and I went back and rewrote this script which I had written for my son initially because my son has mood disorder.
David O. Russell
#20. According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
Adolf Galland
#21. Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
Takeshi Kitano
#22. I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.
Ansel Elgort
#23. In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade.
And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down ...
or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
"I am leaving! I am leaving" but the fighter still remains.
Paul Simon
#24. Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.
Ryan White
#25. The struggle against an obstacle inevitably propels the fighter to a new level of functioning. The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. The obstacle is an advantage, not adversity. The enemy is any perception that prevents us from seeing this.
Ryan Holiday
#26. For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The Fighter,' and who also wrote '8 Mile,' which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I'm learning a lot.
Michael Koryta
#27. You fight a war to change the world, and it changes into a world with no place in it for you, the fighter. Those who fight for the bright future are not always, by nature, well fitted to live in it.
Terry Pratchett
#28. The fighter (like the writer) must stand alone. If he loses he cannot call an executive conference and throw off on a vice president or the assistant sales manager. He is consequently resented by fractional characters who cannot live outside an organization.
A.J. Liebling
#29. The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
Floyd Patterson
#30. The thing running through me is the same thing that writes songs. It's the fighter about to get into the ring. It's like, I'm not here to entertain you; I'm here to get this out, whatever it is.
Damien Rice
#31. I sit, smoking, my head against the cool comfort of the fighter plane's wheel, its wing shielding but never embracing me. I'm a cold nestling tonight.
Aleksandr Voinov
#32. Oh captain, my captain." The fighter slapped a hand over his heart, punctuating the heavy Brooklyn accent he spoke with. "Try not to endear yourself to me too quickly. We just got here.
Tessa Bailey
#33. Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.
Mike Tyson
#34. I would say that a lot of the characters I've been attracted to are very vulnerable and they expose themselves emotionally. Not so much in 'The Fighter,' not so much in 'The Master' - I think those are different.
Amy Adams
#35. The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an equalizer.
Edward Abbey
#36. The fighter is to be always single-minded with one object in view: to fight, looking neither backward nor sidewise. To go straight forward in order to crush the enemy is all that is necessary for him.
D.T. Suzuki
#37. I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter', and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.
Holt McCallany
#38. No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?
Sophocles
#39. During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
Adolf Galland
#40. My desire for him is insane. He's not sentimental - neither of us is - and yet he says things to me that strike at the core of my being and speak to the fighter in me. He makes me crave him in the most vulnerable way. I can't lose him - ever.
Amy A. Bartol
#41. God is the burden crusher and the freedom fighter. He has the power to change lives.
Tina Samples
#42. I'm just excited that the fans are going to get their money's worth, and you can't say that a lot of the times.
Andre Ward
#43. Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth.
Sugar Ray Leonard
#44. Although I had committed just about every sort of assault imaginable on people and even the odd one or two against the police, I still had and still do have respect for the old school policeman.
Stephen Richards
#45. I was testing a P-51 fighter in Minneapolis when I spotted this object. I was at about 10,000 feet on a nice, bright, sunny afternoon. I thought the object was a kite, then I realized that no kite is gonna fly that high.
Deke Slayton
#46. Which means that in order to defeat her, I have to think of a way to defeat myself. And how can I be a better fighter than myself, if she knows the same strategies I know, and is exactly as resourceful and clever as I am?
Veronica Roth
#47. My feet catch the roof like the arrester hook of a fighter jet coming into an aircraft carrier.
Sam A. Patel
#48. He was good. The best fighter she'd ever faced. But Safi and Iseult were better.
Susan Dennard
#49. I don't know that I'm the best fighter in the world, but I know I can beat anybody in the world. And that's all I need to know.
Jake Ellenberger
#50. Why do you bother, Crispin? You married a fighter, so stop trying to convince her that the sidelines suit her better.
Jeaniene Frost
#51. Each human being can at once be a fighter and forgiver. When self-doubt tortures him, he most play the role of a fighter. And when his own ignorance humiliates him, he must play the role of a forgiver.
Sri Chinmoy
#52. Nodded. I see that you're a first-level Fighter. Which makes it all the more
Daniel Suarez
#53. Fighter, you're the least fucked-up of all the people I know. You're like the normal control in a sample full of crazy.
Jessica Clare
#54. I'll fight anybody my trainer puts me in with because I'm confident I can beat any fighter in the world. If anybody can see I'm almost a master at evading punches coming at me.
Mike Tyson
#55. Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.
Gerry Cooney
#56. She was a lover and a lewd cohabitator, a liar and a cherished friend, an aunt and a kindly grandmother, a champion of the fallen, and a late-in-coming fighter for reason over fear. Even in those final hours, quite and rocking, arriving and departing, she knew who she was.
Laura Moriarty
#57. That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog.
Christina Aguilera
#58. Barbarianism and finesse cannot be rolled into one, Pricey defeats this theory. The barbarianism born from his fight to make it in life, his finesse brought about by his sensitivity that was deprived of him when he was a child.
Stephen Richards
#59. Only Loki was not a fighter. Only Loki stood at the sides and laughed, a laughter more deadly to the self-important gods than any sword or spear. No wonder they had chained him.
M.D. Lachlan
#60. By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in World War II, and I am looking forward to recording his story for inclusion in the project.
Spencer Bachus
#61. Sometimes, I'd take shots without aiming, just to see what happened. I'd rush into crowds - bang! bang! ... It must be close to what a fighter feels after jabbing and circling and getting hit, when suddenly there's an opening, and bang! Right on the button. It's a fantastic feeling.
William Klein
#63. The cut under his eye and the split skin on his lower lip only enhanced his profile. He didn't look defeated. He looked like a fighter. A champion.
Lisa Kessler
#64. Looking for peaceful ways to save the world is a charming idea. The fact is worlds are saved and freedom is gained through the blood and pain of those who are willing to sacrifice and fight for it. Are you a dreamer or are you a fighter?
Kolleen Fraser
#65. A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.
Jenson Button
#66. We're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded, and we were drawn to each other because we missed playing.
Dave Grohl
#67. Ook, though very clever, was the worst fighter in the tribe. That is how he ended up with Grot-Grot as his woman. Grot-Grot had a bald patch on the top of her head, she was missing an eye and she smelled like a dead skunk. She did have a good sense of humour though.
Aussiescribbler
#68. What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
Sun Tzu
#69. Everyone in the valleys knew me and because of that, so many people used my name in the valleys that there must have been at least a hundred times a night that the name 'Malcolm Price' was used.
Stephen Richards
#70. There is no job feels as lonely as that of a fighter but there is also no bond closer than the one he shares with his corner.
Colin Robinson
#71. A pair of USN F-4B Phantom II's prepares to catapult from a USN carrier. Selection of this USN fighter was a departure from normal practise for the USAF. USN
Hugh Harkins
#72. All 48 of my fights have been hard. None have been easy. All played a major key. It's the 'Mayweather Era.' I feel that every fighter is an artist and they all take pictures their own way. I'm just one of the very best artists.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
#73. As they crept closer, I decided to make my move first and surprise them. I selected my prey, the biggest one! The reasoning behind this is that if you deck the largest and strongest one out of a group then it sends out a clear-cut message to the rest of them.
Stephen Richards
#74. Fighter pilots. What idiot idea possessed me to put fighter pilots at the controls of starships?
Evan Currie
#75. Beware the lessons of a fighter pilot who would rather fly a slide rule than kick your ass!
Ron McKeown
#76. As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.
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Adolf Hitler
#77. You can't be too comfortable. I have to keep pushing myself to be a better fighter every step of the way.
Alexander Gustafsson
#78. I was 35 years old and in a position to take a shot at whatever I wanted to try. The Air Force said I was too old to fly fighter jets. I thought about becoming a fishing boat captain, before deciding that acting seemed pretty cool.
Jerry Doyle
#79. T's important to handle and learn from your defeats. The losses I've had taught me so much because they humbled me. You learn more from them than you do your victories. They can only make you a better fighter and a better man.
Diego Sanchez
#80. Whenever you have to deal with a boy who is a rebel, remember that you must not fail at some time or other to get him to face the question, Are you going to be a fighter or a quarreller?
Kurt Hahn
#81. The interesting thing about Sherlock is that he is himself a reflection of that very English duality. As a drug addict, he is a criminal. But he is also a crime fighter. That makes him an extremely potent character to personify the hypocrisy of a culture that is both moralistic and corrupt.
Rupert Everett
#82. I wanted to be the best street fighter in Houston, Texas. And I thought if I got a trophy or two, I'd go back home, and everyone would be afraid of me. I had one fight in '67, the first one. In '68 of October, I was an Olympic gold-medalist, a dream come true, with a total of 25 boxing matches.
George Foreman
#83. I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.
Roald Dahl
#84. I landed the role of Bravo 5, the only female fighter pilot in 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.' I did my bit and fired my guns, but I haven't a notion of which side I was on or who I was firing the guns at.
Celia Imrie
#85. I want to be the best fighter. I would like to fight in the biggest fights.
Manny Pacquiao
#86. We pray everyday. We read the bible everyday, so everybody's happy.
Manny Pacquiao
#87. The first thing that makes you a tough fighter is in your head and in your heart, then your tools. It has nothing to do with someone teaching you how to be tough.
Tank Abbott
#88. In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism ... [Stalin] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter ... Stalin's works should, as before, be seriously studied ... [to] see what is correct and what is not.
Mao Zedong
#89. Of the twenty-eight thousand German fighter pilots to see combat in WWII, only twelve hundred survived the war.
Adam Makos
#90. I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.
Nelson Mandela
#91. A good choreographer is one that's going to collaborate, teach, guide - everything. The wonderful thing on 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' was that we had Philip Kwok - he choreographed John Woo's 'Hard Boiled,' and in the '70s, he was a martial arts actor, stunt man, fighter, choreographer in Hong Kong.
Mark Dacascos
#92. Shit happens to the best of us, Cara," Damian says suddenly. "It's how you deal with it that counts. You've gotta fight for what you want, otherwise this life will chew you the fuck up and spit you right out. You're either a fighter or a nobody,
Michelle Horst
#93. An American judo fighter was expelled from the Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. Officials became suspicious when he kept stopping the match and saying, 'What are we fighting for, man?'
Conan O'Brien
#94. The ultimate fighter does not rely on his hands or feet to defeat his opponent, but rather his mind.
M.J. Stoddard
#95. Gradually, the physical cruelty and punishment beatings started and it got worse. He'd be on his knees to try to teach me how to fight, so my father made out. Whack! His hand would slap in to my face with the full force might of a 6ft 4in 18st man!
Stephen Richards
#96. My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter.
Nonito Donaire
#97. Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy. You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
Adolf Galland
#99. I may or may not be the best fighter in the world but I want to be the best entertainer, so when you see my fights before and after, you'll remember my entrance and the fight. When I've walked in there, you'll know I've walked in there!
Dave Legeno
#100. Every fighter is my toughest challenge to date. After I get done with one fight, the next challenge is the toughest.
Andre Ward
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