It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
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You can be knocked down, but it doesn't mean you're out.
I've been knocked down a lot of times.
The reality is I'm not a 'get knocked down and come back harder' kind of guy.
If you fall then that's not all... if you wish to be down then stay down... if you wish to be up then get up.
My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'
I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.
You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it - there's no turning back.
When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.