James J. Corbett Quotes

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

James J. Corbett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 1, 1866 - February 18, 1933

Topics

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If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.

John Lydon

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Having to re-articulate your values and, most importantly, your rights, is something that can be quite tiring and frustrating. However, I am meticulous and tenacious and will continue to do so, because I believe it's what's right. I believe it's what I should be doing.

Sinead Burke

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I'm a woman who's been in a man's sport since the age of 15, and to see people finally seeing what I saw right from the start, that female fighters are just as good 'pound-for-pound' as our male counterparts.

Miesha Tate

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The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.

Michael Lewis

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I had no occasion for an apron on that morning.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

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I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else.

Delta Burke

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The people that become the biggest jokes are people who do not change. They stay the way they were in the past.

Corey Feldman

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I keep a really tight schedule.

Coco Martin

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I'm not in the business of holding people's hands after I've expressed to them my needs numerous times.

Brad Goreski

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The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

Brooke Shields

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People are no damned good.

William Steig

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