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My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

Apparently, the the only way to kill a lion is by rear naked choke.

Personally, I’d just kick it in the head.

You just have to realize that Jet Li is a movie star.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

— Gail Porter19

I love going to the gym and taking aerobics classes and kickboxing.

The kickboxing and the martial arts is so fun.

If I was mentoring a young fighter, I'd tell him to spend more time on boxing.

I am a gym rat who loves to work out, particularly running, Zumba, yoga, cycling, and kickboxing.

My heart is with K-1 and I love the sport of standup kickboxing.

I think it is great to unite all kickboxing styles under one set of rules.

He's great at what he does, but if he stepped into our world he wouldn't last long.

I used to do kickboxing, because I liked the cute outfits.

— Monica Keena26

I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.

Boxer guys are very tough and they play a very tough game, but its a game.

Karate guys, tae kwon doe guys, kickboxers or judo guys, they are very tough guys and a lot of heart and a lot of training, but its very specifically as a sport. It's not a fight. A fight is everything goes.

I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.

I've been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all my life.

Boxing, kickboxing. I'm definitely not a fighter, but I defend my honor.

While wrestling in college as a junior it came to a point where wrestling just wasn't enough for me anymore. I love wrestling, but I felt like I was missing something, and so the striking part about MMA, the boxing and kickboxing, was what got me really interested in MMA. I saw it on TV and I just knew that I wanted to do it.

If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.

I get to be in movies where it's mostly dialogue, and I want to be in something, that for me, feels like kickboxing.

No matter what size you are, you must be healthy.

I focus on health as a model, whether it's doing yoga, hiking, kickboxing - those things bring me joy.

You had women's kickboxing and they're in the ring and that's what I want to do.

I just wanted to fight.

In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching.

I like to make my fights exciting and different.

Everybody in UFC can fight. We're capable of kickboxing, wrestling, but I like to stand out. That's what I really pride myself on. What can I do to stand out from the other people in my sport.

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I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company.

No system is better than another, but some are better for certain people.

The internet is such a strange place.

Sometimes I do yoga, sometimes it's kickboxing, sometimes it's weight training, sometimes it's Pilates.

I read the books and I really, really wanted to play the part.

Through Biblical times, there have been great women warriors and now the sport is so populated that these are the women warriors that we have today in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA.

How do I transform pain. I guess the number one way in which I do that is by working on music, but also it can be anything from just talking about it with other people or doing kickboxing or meditating or running around with dogs. Or just simply trying to sit with it and be mindful and be aware of it.

I eat organic as much as possible, cleanse regularly, and love outdoor activities like paddle boarding, hiking, swimming, kickboxing, and yoga. But honestly it's more of a psychological thing for me. If I feel good on the inside, I treat my body with more respect.

When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did JUDO so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.

I don't train for sports. I've never trained for sports. I train for life, and sport is just a part of that. So when I start training, that's lifestyle training and that's why I go through so many things, whether it's yoga, kickboxing, wrestling or swimming.

All I ever wanted to be was a Ninja... Tong from Kickboxer, Sagat from Street Fighter.

You need good coaches with a good gym that teach you the essentials, like boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and pretty much all the stuff that you need to be successful in MMA.

Recently I did jujitsu and strength training, but other days I will do kickboxing, muay thai. It's just a matter of what I have on the schedule. Some days I just do cardio for an hour. I am not a yoga person. Whatever I do, it has to be extreme. I like higher-intensity workouts.

Boxing is not coming back. There's not going to be a new Ali or a new Tyson. What's happened to movies is happening to boxing-that is, too much availability of alternative, similar entertainment. Movies started to become diluted with the advent of television; that has been mirrored by the dilution of boxing, with kickboxing and absolute, extreme homicidal fighting.

I was scheduled to fight in November of 2008 in a kickboxing show called XMA.

There were some controversies that happened between my management team as well as some of the promoters as far as setting up the fights. There was some talk of Ken Shamrock but nobody else had talked to Ken about it as far as the promoting.

I've been trained by a two-time world champion kickboxer, who's local to where I come from, and who is really just there to keep me fit and healthy while I'm shooting.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela

A brave man, a real fighter is not measured by how many times he falls,

but how many times he stands up.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out;

it’s the pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali

It’s not about being better than the other.

It’s about being better than you were yesterday

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.” – Walt Disney

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations,

and you are not in this world to live up to mine.” – Bruce Lee

We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, therefore is not an action but a habit.” – Aristotle

Do not fight with the strength, absorb it and it flows, use it.– Ip Man

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There’s only one way to avoid criticism:

Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing

If you ever lack motivation to train then think what happens to your mind and body when you don't.

No need to fear the ill wind when your haystacks are tied down

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning. – Benjamin Disraeli

Never let your fear decide your future. – Unknown

True strength is in the soul and spirit, not in the muscles. – Unknown

Just because you are struggling, does not mean you are failing. – Unknown

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. – Ray Kroc

Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't. – Rikki Rogers

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. – Paulo Coelho

To become a champion, fight one more round.

James Corbett

Life is like a boxing match; defeat is declared not when you fall but when you refuse to stand again.

Unknown

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

Muhammad Ali

In boxing, you create a strategy to beat each new opponent. It’s just like chess.

Lennox Lewis

In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn’t have any fear. I thought, ‘This is easy. This is what I’ve been waiting for’. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.

George Foreman

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There’s nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.

Sugar Ray Leonard

There’s a moment in fighting when the strength of muscle ain’t everything because the enemy has already given you enough energy to gain the victory.

Toba Beta

It ain’t about how hard you can hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

Unknown

Don’t count the days. Make the days count.

Muhammad Ali

That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for pound…I’d say I’m the greatest heavyweight of all time, but pound for pound, I still say Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest of all time.

Muhammad Ali

It’s less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.

Jimmy Smits

The possession of muscular strength and the courage to use it in contests with other men for physical supremacy does not necessarily imply a lack of appreciation for the finer and better things of life.

Jack Johnson

He can have heart, he can hit harder, and he can be stronger, but there’s no fighter smarter than me.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

Muhammad Ali

I can fight, but that’s the only thing I can do. When it comes to anything other than fighting or talking, I’m not very good.

Tyson Fury

Boxing is like chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalize on them. People think you get in the ring and see the red mist, but it’s not about aggression. Avoiding getting knocked out is tactical.

Nicola Adams

Boxing definitely has a part to play in taking away unwanted aggression.

Joe Calzaghe

A boxer is always armed.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Once that bell rings, you are on your own. It’s just you and the other guy.

Joe Louis

Fighting is like dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it is dancing.

David Lyons

In boxing, they say it’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.

Katherine Dunn

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

George Foreman

To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.

Cus D’Amato

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

Mike Tyson

All the time he’s boxing, he’s thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

Jack Dempsey

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I’m not God, but I am something similar.

Roberto Duran

No Mas.

Roberto Duran

Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly.

Gene Tunney

Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!

Howard Cosell

A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.

Jack Dempsey

God only made one thing in this world that’s perfect – and that’s my boxing record.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I fight for perfection.

Mike Tyson

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the fewer people appreciate it.

George Foreman

Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle.

Randall “Tex” Cobb

You never lose until you actually give up.

I was painfully initiated into boxing because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.

I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.