The idea of jiu-jitsu is to give the little guy a chance to beat the big guy.

You put the Devil on the other side, and I will come to fight.

Talented people without discipline don't go anywhere.

You win the fight in the training camp, not on the day of the fight.

I'm not part of the history, I am the history.

Mike Tyson’s a great boxer. The greatest boxer - but boxer. Not the best fighter.

I just don’t want to get hit, that’s all. I want to win without getting hit.

My strategy is not to give them a chance to hit me.

The losses are good... if you learn something.

She allowed history to leave her without trying to hold it back, the way children allow a grand parade to pass, holding it in their memory, making it an unforgettable thing, making it their own

There is always somebody about to ruin your day, if not your life.

I have been 130 lbs. as well as 215 lbs. I have had blond, strawberry blond, green, pink and purple hair, and none of that has ever exempted me from having lewd comments flung at me in the street.

But the star thing I can live with. The music I can't live without. And that's how it lays out for me, you know. I got as big an ego and enjoy the attention.

People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them.

I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.

McCovey swings and misses, and it's fouled back.

It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you have.

Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now.

She genuinely likes people. All people, not just a select few she's spent years making up her mind about.