..sometimes you have to be bad

If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand; but the disadvantages of this position must naturally not be of a transitory nature, at least in appearance, otherwise the enemy, instead of yielding, will hold out, in the prospect of a change for the better.

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

Sometimes you do have to fight. Where that’s true, you should fight and win.

If one man does not make a move, the other must, and by permitting the adversary to make the attack one learns something about him.

Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.

Learn to be difficult when it counts

And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you’re desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly. You stand over yourself with a whip in your hand; if there’s the least resistance, you lash yourself.

Sometimes when you have choices that actually makes it harder. But when I knew that I had no choice but to survive. That is when my determination kicked in.

When you negotiate with yourself, you eventually lose.

It doesn't matter if you should do something, it doesn't matter if you wish for something, it doesn't matter how you feel ... what matters is what you want.

When you want something bad enough, it's a must.

Must is a commitment. Anything else is an option.

When things are optional, you start to negotiate with yourself. That little voice in your head takes over and says, 'I don't feel like going to the gym today. I'll do extra tomorrow.' And, in that moment, you've lost.

And a funny thing happens when you must do something; The noise of the world goes from something that pulls you away from what you want to something that gets in the way of what you want.

A lot of people use the word want when they really mean wish. The person who wants something must do it. And when you must do it, nothing gets in your way.

If it really matters to you, there is no room for negotiation.

To play by David’s rules you have to be desperate. You have to be so bad that you have no choice.

You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter.

If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.

In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.