boxers

"Above all things, never lose your presence of mind, and never consider yourself unarmed even if confronted by an armed man, for almost anything can be made into a weapon if properly used. An umbrella is a fearful weapon if used with both hands like a bayonet. It will parry the blows of a big bully, and you can return him a stab in the face or breast or stomach that will settle him. A lady can defend herself from outrage with her parasol in the same way. If she struck a ruffian over the head with it, he would laugh at her, but I remember a certain girl who killed a ruffian who assaulted her by a stab with the point of her parasol."

"Fencing is one of those exercises that employs the mind as well as the body, and, in fact, employs it more than the body, the further a man advances in proficiency. From the first it supplies the excitement of contest, and depends so much on art and address that the man of superior mind always makes the best fencer in the end."

"I hate those foreign bullies. De Mores is one of them. The Frenchman cannot bully the Americans.I will accept that challenge as a substitute for the fighting editor of .You may say in that a substitute volunteers to appear for the fighting editor in this contest. He a man past 77 years of age, a light old man, a gentleman of irreproachable character, of as high rank as De Mores, and in military lines a General. Say I will fight him for the honor of America against France with any of the following weapons, he, of course, being entitled to choose the weapons:Pistols at ninety feet, advance and fire at will.Apé combat (triangular swords).Sabers or any cutting swords; cuts alone, no thrusts.Bayonets, go as you please.Bowie knives, and 'no protection,' if he desires to renew his experience in the wild West.With the fist, go as you please, no time.I prefer a shiny weapon. I am of a kind, philanthropic disposition, and as firearms demand, even with the most skillful shot, to aim at the heart, allowing for misses, a man is a murderer at the beginning. Humanity may not then be displayed. On the contrary, with the shiny weapon I would only attempt to clip the wings of my honored opponent. Should my philanthropic remarks be misconstrued, state that if my honored opponent wants death he can find it. My opponent will have the choice of weapons. We cannot fight here. I will fight him in Mexico or Belgium. He can't bluff the Americans in that sort of way. I am a Gothic American."

"He who lives by the sword lives long."

"The quality of boxers at the Youth Games was “top notch”."

"When the bush are destroyers, any animals cannot open mouth to talk."

"Anything you want if you get, there is no beggars on the road."

"A river cannot flow into the forest without bringing down the trees."

"A monkey learn about the mango tree, they cannot fall down."

"The lady, I love him, not as a sister, I love him, he is my wife, he will play number four for me. I have a goal keeper and two defenders, so he go play four."

"A man can never be careful unless he buys a white shirt and a new car."

"A dead lion is more than a dog is not dead."

"Bukom is my favorite food, I can’t leave Bukom. Even if I buy house in Legon I can’t leave Bukom, Bukom is my temperature."

"When a witch fly at night, something happens to the mango tree, you can ask the clouds."

"When a vulture shake their waist, it is cover their sons."

"When I eat Banku I get more power, when I don’t eat Banku I can’t train. I don’t like drink."

"The only foolish dog, run after the flying bird."

"A talking plenty cannot let dead man hear you."

"A tsetsefly cannot listen to their teaching, is walking to the death man to go cemetery."

"Empty calabash cannot sink in the river."

"Karl Lokko, he is my former trainer, he is not my trainer, I sack him, I’m big more than him."

"Abundance of water the foolish man must be taste."

"I am not anybody in this country, I’m the big popular, I’m the musician, I’m the comedian."

"The roads you pass some people have pass already."

"Woman without no man is like a river without source."

"Ghana here we don’t have managers, they will watch you one year, two years, if you call the manager switch off, I want to go America, that’s where all the fighters are."

"I'm fully qualified, I'm a woman, I was born a woman, I lived a woman, there's no doubt about that. These people, they are the enemies of success, it's what I call them, it gives my success a special taste because of these attacks."

"So this is just the beginning. I'm the beginning of women's boxing in the country."

"I thought I could do something with it." Three years down the line, Morake sees herself as the beginning of women's boxing in the country."

"When it started there was not much - we didn't have women in the BDF (Botswana Defence Force) or football and everybody is now following."

""I set my goals and achieved them because we trained well and were ready. The only problem we faced is that we had to travel to Mozambique with a car and arrived there tired and fatigued which had an impact on our performances,”"

"I do sports, business and politics. In sports, after you break the rules, the sportsman receives a warning or might be disqualified. In business, whoever uses forbidden tricks risks being left without partners. Politics is a whole lot different. It resembles a jar with cockroaches. There you have competition - who tricks whom, who lies to whom. And even if politicians employ forbidden tricks against each other, they [ultimately] meet again in the same jar."

"If my home country needs my life, I am ready to give my life — for my country, for my children, for the future."

"Among the ill are two inferior children: a 16-year-old guy and a 17-year-old young lady. He meant "minor"."

"In great mood we greet the year 2220... eh, 2222..."

"Boxing has rules. Politics has very flexible rules."

"In previous years, when the Kyivans were waking up without any permits at all, the parks and squares have been built over and as a result, now we have a lack of trust."

"Journalist. Tell me please, how much time do you need in order to get the capital in order?"

"I have two deputies, four of whom have already been lying in the Cabinet of Ministers for one month and whom it is impossible to appoint. I have no idea why."

"I want to draw attention of everybody [to the fact that] I met with numerous policemen who died, with the protesters who died, and all of them are asking..."

"She [Klitschko's wife] is everywhere. She is in Kyiv. Today she flied to Germany. She works in the whole world. And after all she is where I am."

"I ask all Kyivans to understand this problem, and I will also ask all Kyivans... in the same manner to be especially... with especial attitude address the problem of heat conservation and the preparation to earth. Klitschko confused земля (earth) with зима (winter)"

"The problem we've encountered is the inept policies of the whole ruling class of the country, and we shouldn't be looking to the people for the reason [behind them]."

"(Answering the question of the status of post-annexation Crimea) We have... what we had. We have talked about that. The current situation we have. And we have to look which we can... What we can do..."

"I, for instance, don't see any smells whatsoever. (While tasting tap water)"

"For the cold water to become hot, you have to heat it up. Obviously, for that we need gas. We are waiting for the gas supplies to begin but there aren't any."

"Lobanovsky is no longer with us, but he remains alive. His work remains alive, his people remain alive, his remains are still alive, the memory about him is still alive."

"You don't kill your brother. You don't rape your sister. You don't destroy your friend's country. That's why today we dismantled this monument once created as a sign of friendship between Ukraine and Russia."

"Anyone can insult a boxer, but not everyone will manage to apologise in time."

"In Odessa region [there is] a city, 50 kilometres, not far away... Fifty kilometres... You know, the distance isn't measured in kilometres. Two hours! It takes two hours to drive 50 kilometres. (Describing his journey from Izmail to Kiliia)"