Cus D’Amato Quotes

“Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you. If you don’t learn to control it, it’ll destroy you and everything around you.”

— Cus D’Amato

“The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.”

— Cus D’Amato

“Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you. If you don’t learn to control it, it’ll destroy you and everything around you.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“Greatness is not a measure of how great you are but how great others came to be because of you” ~ Cus D’Amato

“To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you: it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when you’re hungry, give you light when you are in the dark, and produce energy. Let it go out of control and it can hurt you, even kill you… Fear is a friend of exceptional people… You must understand fear so you can manipulate it.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“Losers are winners who quit,…even if you lose…you still win…if you don’t quit.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“When two men step into the ring, one and only one deserves to win. When you step into the ring, you gotta know you deserve to win. You gotta know destiny owes you victory , cause you trained harder than your opponent. You sparred harder. You ran farther.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“There is no difference between a hero and a coward in what they feel. It’s what they do that makes them different. The hero and the coward feel exactly the same, but you have to have the discipline to do what a hero does and to keep yourself from doing what the coward does.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“I believe nature’s a lot smarter than anyone thinks. During the course of a man’s life he develops a lot of pleasures and people he cares about. Then nature takes them away one by one. It’s her way of preparing you for death.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“When you get hit that’s when you’ve got to be calm. A professional fighter has to learn how to hit and not get hit, and at the same time be exciting. That’s what professional boxing is about. You’ve got to be clever, you’ve got to be smart, and not get hit, and when you’re able to do this, you’re a fighter.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“If you can hit your opponent with two punches, you don’t hit him with one. Get off with some bad intentions in there. Believe in yourself. A guy can feel it if you don’t believe in yourself. Set your mind to make yourself do it.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the victor.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“Emotions, particularly anger, are like fire. They can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“The punch that knocks a man out is the punch that he doesn’t see.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the best. You have to practice and train to become the best.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“The hero and the coward both feel exactly the same fear, only the hero confronts his fear and converts it into fire.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“The hero and the coward both feel exactly the same fear, only the hero confronts his fear and converts it into fire.” ~ Cus D’Amato

“Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw punches with bad intentions.” ~ Cus D’Amato

 “A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.”

— Cus D’Amato