Erislandy Lara quotes

“People make excuses [for not wanting to fight me]. It has a lot to do with my style. I'm a crafty fighter but I can also punch.”
-- Erislandy Lara

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“In Cuba they don't celebrate Halloween but my favorite moments have been trick-or-treating with my kids here in the U.S.: they really enjoy it.”
-- Erislandy Lara

Source : "PBC fighters share spooktacular Halloween memories". PBC interview, www.premierboxingchampions.com. October 30, 2015.

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“I don't like scary movies (laughs).”
-- Erislandy Lara

Source : "PBC fighters share spooktacular Halloween memories". PBC interview, www.premierboxingchampions.com. October 30, 2015.

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“Chocolate Kinder from Germany. My wife is from Germany and once I tasted them I was scared I would have to fight at heavyweight.”
-- Erislandy Lara

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“If I had a life with Woods to look forward to I knew I could fight whatever darkness that tried to take me. Before Woods, I didnt know what I was living for. In my search to find myself, Id found so much more. I knew now why I wanted to live. I understood love. I had found it.”

“Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.43, Courier Corporation

“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”

“The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.”

“I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.”

“They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.”

“People tend to have one of three 'styles' of interaction. There are takers, who are always trying to serve themselves; matchers, who are always trying to get equal benefit for themselves and others; and givers, who are always trying to help people.”

Source : "Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success". Book by Adam Grant, www.businessinsider.com. 2013.

“Isn't television glamourous?”

“It's funny, but certain faces seem to go in and out of style. You look at old photographs and everybody has a certain look to them, almost as if they're related. Look at pictures from ten years later and you can see that there's a new kind of face starting to predominate, and that the old faces are fading away and vanishing, never to be seen again.”

“Style is the only thing you can't buy. It's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion.”