Top 90 Quotes & Sayings by Tommy Morrison - Page 2

People don't like to see a sloppy fight, to see heavyweights wallow around. They like to see exciting fighters.

Talk about the area of overcoming adversity, sucking it up, I rate myself a 10.

Ray Mercer has the heart of a lion and a great chin.

I thought I was bulletproof, and I'm not.

I've made a lot of mistakes in my life.

I didn't have the greatest equipment or the greatest facilities. I would see people with new shoes and better cars. I knew what I wanted and what I had to do to get what I wanted. I became a very Spartan person at a young age because of that.

I am not a big fan of Mike Tyson. I almost idolized him for what he did in the ring - he was such a great fighter. But his behavior out of the ring... he needed to realize he was in the public eye, and there is a responsibility.

I'm going to bring the championship home to Kansas City.

I was one of the most popular fighters of my era.

My life has been very much a roller coaster ride. Not just the boxing part, not just the acting part, just my childhood, what I was into at a young age and the things I was exposed to, it's just very abnormal.

You don't knock Ray Mercer out with one or two shots. You have to make him quit.

The one thing that made me somewhat of an animal is I didn't have anything growing up.

People thought I was crazy for fighting Michael Bentt.

Boy, I wouldn't want to live in L.A.

There's a family tradition of fighting in the Kansas City Golden Gloves. My older brother, Tim, did, and so did my father's two youngest brothers, Trent and Troy. They all won the Golden Gloves. So when my mother asked me to keep the tradition going, I did.

I boxed until I got interested in other things. My first car. Girls.

I think there's a lot of people out there who, if George Foreman had to get beat, I'm the one fighter they would like to see beat him.

I realize that there's a whole generation of kids out there like me who are totally disregarding the moral values taught to us by our parents.

I don't ever think in terms of losing. That's not even a possibility. I've been beaten once, and I don't ever want to experience that again.

I would welcome a Mike Tyson fight with open arms.

I thought I had the potential to be a better fighter than I'd ever be a football player. Besides, it was something my father always wanted me to do. He told me since I was a little kid I was a born fighter.

I like fighting people that scare me a little bit. People that scare me seem to motivate me, and when you motivate me, you get the best performance out of me.

When I was 19, my heart wasn't in it. I hated training.

Everyone wants to see the heavyweight division unified. It'll happen.

I was the first player at Jay to play four years varsity. As a frosh, I was a punter. From my soph through senior years, I started as a linebacker and tight end and was all-state as a senior.

Friendships can go only so far.

The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.

Fighters are fighters. We got each others backs in terms of support.

Beating a legend is a very good feeling, but internally I was processing the realization that I could compete with anyone.

The fights I've learned the most were always the fights I lost.