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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing. -- Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches. -- Roberto Duran
Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches. -- Dolly Parton
I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK. -- Muhammad Ali
My first album was me finding myself and my voice, finding how I sing. I was rolling with the punches because everything was new to me. -- Chris Brown
My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there. -- Abel Ferrara
Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force. -- Gustave Flaubert
None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events. -- James Nachtwey
Comedy was my sport. It taught me how to roll with the punches. Failure is the exact same as success when it comes to comedy because it just keeps coming. It never stops. -- Emma Stone
Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me. -- Donald E. Westlake
It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us. -- Alexis Arguello
I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches. -- Helen Suzman
I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life. -- Anna Paquin
When people ask me about what I learned from martial arts, I don't talk about favorite punches or kicks, or about fights won or lost. I talk about learning self-discipline, about ethics and manners and benevolence and fairness. -- Jonathan Maberry
When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches at cartoon characters, they are not there, so you can swing through. It looks like you really decked them. -- Brendan Fraser
My goal is not getting hit and to knock the other guy out. Some people might complain because they want to see boxers beat up on each other, but you cannot last long in professional boxing if you take a lot of punches. -- Wladimir Klitschko
I've always been a champion of kids pursuing their dreams. But sometimes in life, extraordinary circumstances may force us to temporarily put our dreams on hold. The most important thing is to never lose sight of that dream, no matter what punches life may throw in our way. -- Marlo Thomas
I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches. -- Dolly Parton
I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out. -- Larry Holmes
If you're a cartoon character or most TV characters, sure, you'll fight, because the punches are juicy-sounding and they don't leave marks. But in real life, if somebody punches you in the eye, it doesn't make any noise and your eye is swollen for, like, six months. It's a nightmare to get punched in the eye. -- Louis C. K.
You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. -- Scott Adams
When a car's ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR. Even if it's a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you're running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too. -- Mario Andretti
For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I'm not a big strong guy. I'm not interested in fighting or throwing punches or balling my hands in fists all day. I'm not interested in guns, I'm not interested in football or stereotypically masculine things, so I'm going to skate in a fashion that is manly for Johnny Weir. -- Johnny Weir
There's not as much oxygen in that hot gym and I think it's great for conditioning. I believe in a lot of boxing. You can train and work on the speed bag and heavy bag, but when you get in the ring with another fighter, it's a different story. Punches are coming at you, there's physical contact, muscle against muscle. -- Emanuel Steward
Life is a series of punches. It presents a lot of challenges. It presents a lot of hardship, but the people that are able to take those punches and able to move forward are the ones that really do have a lot of success and have a lot of joy in their life and have a lot of stories to tell, too. -- Josh Turner
Most women have learned a great deal about how to set goals for our First Adulthood and how to roll with the punches when we hit a rough passage. But we're less prepared for our Second Adulthood as we approach life after retirement, where there are no fixed entrances or exits, and lots of sand into which it is easy to bury our heads. -- Gail Sheehy
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I have a radar built inside me to avoid punches -- Muhammad Ali
Superman loves everyone. He's like Jesus except he punches people. -- Grant Morrison
Age is reforming our bodies to better roll with the punches! -- Sue Thoele
My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York. -- Sonny Liston
You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real. -- David Lee Roth
I threw about 16 punches in 3 seconds. It was some Bruce Lee speed! -- David Haye
The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows. -- Mo Williams
Francesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi. -- Jerry Izenberg
Life is about change, sometimes you just have to roll with the punches. -- Caroline Manzo
I'm confident that I can steal rounds by getting inside and throwing punches. -- Keith Thurman
I've thrown enough punches in my life to know when someone is hurting. -- Ally Carter
A #GIRLBOSS knows when to throw punches and when to roll with them. -- Sophia Amoruso
It was like two drunks in a back alley throwing punches at each other. -- Eamon
You are not punching them; it is your going into kamae that punches them. -- Masaaki Hatsumi
The punches came fast and hard, lying on my back in the school yard. -- Neil Young
I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era. -- Larry Holmes
It was a sucker punch. But you know who gets hit by sucker punches? Suckers. -- Max Kellerman
Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
I could see he was having problems taking my punches. I had no problem taking his. -- Manny Pacquiao
A lot of people think that domestic violence is if someone hits, kicks, [or] punches you. -- Robin McGraw
Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are admistered on the knee, shoulder, and arm. -- Stephen Chbosky
I have one of those real old American built cars. The kind that just PUNCHES through accidents. -- Kevin Rooney
Any time I'm on-screen it is realistic because I don't pull my punches or anything like that. -- Dwayne Johnson
He squeezes my hand, and my heart punches against my ribs. It's just like pain, this pleasure. -- Stephenie Meyer
An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it. -- Warren Buffett
In an ongoing relationship, each current criticism packs the punches of all the others that have gone before. -- Deborah Tannen
The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one. -- Larry Holmes
Guess in my brain I have a figurative 'man card' that's got certain punches that need to be punched. -- Jason Babin
It's the emotional punches that you can't see that are just overwhelmingly devastating to your heart - your moral fiber. -- Mike Tyson
Life is going to beat you up, it wouldn't be fair if you didn't throw some punches back at it -- Bradley Bowman
Just swerve Golovkin like the plague. He punches like a mule. I don't need to be in with him. Dangerous fight. -- Carl Froch
I was hittin' him with body punches and I hurt him. Actually he was cryin' in there, makin' woman gestures like -- Mike Tyson
Fear punches holes in your eyes so that you don't see the future clearly. Faith enlarges your vision to behold your destiny. -- Israelmore Ayivor
Adjusting to the passage of time is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches. -- Dolly Parton
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When you read the book you see that these guys aren't holding any punches. They're straightforward. They're honest. They're giving you their honest opinion. -- Charles Barkley
A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps. -- Jill Abramson
You have to kind of roll with the punches. That's why I think work begets work to a certain degree. I just try and keep busy. -- Judd Nelson
We have no healthcare and we have all the guns in the world, it makes you think twice before you start throwing punches in a bar. -- Doug Stanhope
She had taken many more punches to both body and soul than anyone should ever have to endure. But she had been able to rebel every time. -- Stieg Larsson
Nothing's ever come easy to me and nothing ever will and that's okay. I'm used to that. I go with the challenges. I roll with the punches. -- Naomi Campbell
Russian fighters are always bouncing around and using a lot of effort with the punches they throw and grinding for takedowns. Anyone would get tired with that style. -- Gilbert Melendez
When a ball goes into a net it only means something because we decided it means something. When somebody punches somebody in the face it always means something. -- Joe Rogan
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Big brothers are the ones who are supposed to pull their punches. Little sisters"?well, we should be able to hit as hard as we like, shouldn't we? -- Rick Riordan
For punches I never really choose, I take whatever opportunity is given to me. If it's a left, I'll take it. If it's a right I'll take it. -- Nonito Donaire
I never, ever in my life tried to be outrageous. I've only ever tried to say what was truly on my mind and not pull punches about it. -- Bill Maher
I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun. -- Christian Cooke
I tend to roll with the punches so if things don't go exactly as planned, I always perceive it as the universe making things the way they should be. -- Mike Ruiz
I think it's one of those things about live performance - anything goes, anything can happen, and you have to just be ready and able to roll with the punches. -- Sara Bareilles
When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time. -- Rachel Perry
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If you're working a fight with let's say John Ruiz and...anyone and Ruiz goes jab, jab and grab, you better see whose landing the punches before it becomes a wrestling match. -- Harold Lederman
You can't give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore. You beat on them, and they continue to stand there staring at you. That doesn't work. People just don't buy that anymore. -- Dolph Lundgren
I remember my first year, I hit him with three good punches and couldn't believe he was still standing. He hit me with one and cracked my helmet. My head hurt for a week. -- Georges Laraque
I'll fight anybody my trainer puts me in with because I'm confident I can beat any fighter in the world. If anybody can see I'm almost a master at evading punches coming at me. -- Mike Tyson
[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action. -- Lennox Lewis

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