Michael Spinks quotes

Michael Spinks quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If you don't take chances, you can't do anything in life.”
-- Michael Spinks

#Chance Quotes #Take A Chance Quotes
“King's an equal opportunity dirtbag, he screws everybody.”
-- Michael Spinks

#Kings Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Boxing Quotes
“Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam”
-- Michael Spinks

#Jobs Quotes #Boxing Quotes #People Quotes
“I had heard everything, Larry gonna knock me out, he gonna beat me, this and that. I got so sick of that. I had a little talk with myself in my bedroom and I said, Don't think about getting in the ring with Larry Holmes, I mean, Don't forget Larry Holmes is getting in the ring with you. You're champ for so many years. And just do what you're best at. What I am best at was not letting anybody have their way with me in the ring.”
-- Michael Spinks

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes
“I had did so much to Larry [Holmes] in the ring that I made him respect me in the fight.”
-- Michael Spinks

#Fighting Quotes #Respect Me Quotes #Holmes Quotes
“I had the greatest sparring partners, I had the greatest sparring team. And these guys they wrapped me up a lot. I never got the chance to get off on them.”
-- Michael Spinks

#Team Quotes #Sparring Partner Quotes #Guy Quotes
“I felt so good when I fought Larry [Holmes]. When I fought Larry the first time, I mean, first time in my life, I mean, I could remember I wanted to fight.”
-- Michael Spinks

#Mean Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Firsts Quotes
“You always be like, I hope I'm ready.”
-- Michael Spinks

#Ready Quotes

“Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.”
“I would live the same life over if I had to live again, And the chances are I go where most men go.”

Source : Adam Lindsay Gordon (1912). “The Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon: Edited with Introduction, Notes & Appendixes, by Frank Maldon Robb”
“Keep trying until you have no more chances left.”
“We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.”

Source : Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.23, Baker Books
“I always dreamed about scoring at St. James' Park. I fancied my chances and the ball flew into the net. I was ecstatic.”
“I had a marriage that I came to in the same way everybody else comes to a marriage. We all take chances when we get married.”
“Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.”
“If you don't take a chance-you won't have a chance.”
“When we are on tour we also take chances.”
“What you risk reveals what you value.”

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