Jermell Charlo Quotes

You cannot prepare enough for anything.

One must not expect anything in these times, but be ready for everything.

You can have the perfect plan through the first punch but then you have to take the fight second by second.

I've taken fights on one-day notice.

As for me, I always train for 12 rounds just in case. I don’t train for three, four, one, or 10 rounds - I have to train for 12 because you never know what will happen that night.

Sometimes you know about a job four months in advance. Sometimes you know about a job four days in advance. It's all different, and my thing is just to try to stay prepared. It's like being a boxer. You never know when you're going to get your next fight, so you have to just stay in shape, mentally and physically and creatively.

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life. Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary.

The future is always coming up with surprises for us, and the best way to insulate yourself from these surprises is to diversify.

Every day is different; you never know what to expect, and you have to be ready to pivot on a dime.

You can scout people as much as you want. At the end of the day, it's a fight, so you got to be ready for almost anything.

You need to be ready to bat, whatever you are given; you have to take what is thrown at you.

It's tough when you don't know if you're going to play or when you're going to play. But keeping the consistency and keeping in shape is important.

Sometimes it's good to be ready for the unpredictable. I'm glad that I can go through unpredictable situations. It's a good thing.

I think what we focus on is every game is a different challenge, and you have to find ways to put yourself in position to win, and you have to have a resourcefulness, and it's not always going to go according to play.

I don't prepare to sit on the bench, I prepare to play because you never know what is going to happen.

Every time I thought I've seen every possible scenario, something else comes up. You just have to be prepared at every level.

It's so important to be ready for whatever is going to be thrown at you.

Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens.

I feel it's important for anyone to adapt; you never know what kind of situation you will walk into.

Everybody has a game plan, but the plan changes after the first punch.

You've got to go with the flow. Whatever happens, you've just got to be ready for it.

The thrill of not knowing what's going to happen, trained me to be prepared for anything.

I felt like a fighter who was training for a title bout that had not been booked yet.

You never know what you're going to have to face, so you'd better be prepared.