Sometimes it is simply play, at others it is in deadly earnest.  Yet when animals fight there is something that draws us to watch despite the potential fatal outcome.  Perhaps it appears to something visceral and basic in our instincts - or perhaps we just like to watch a good old fashioned tooth and claw fight.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. Muhammad Ali 

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. Sun Tzu

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. Abraham Lincoln
 

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. Mark Twain

Better to fight for something than live for nothing. George S. Patton

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. Napoleon Bonaparte

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Margaret Thatcher 

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers. Henry David Thoreau

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it. Mike Tyson

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win. George Bernard Shaw

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die. Jean-Paul Sartre

A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax. Rita Rudner

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. Phyllis Diller

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends. Hillary Clinton


When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough. Donald Trump