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Stand Up Quotes
On courage, resistance, and speaking up.
These Fight quotes celebrate standing up for yourself and others, from resisting discrimination to a childhood instinct that hinted at a future in sports and the simple need for someone in your corner.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Game
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The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.
- Discrimination
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
- Old
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My mum says that, when I was a couple of months old and couldn't even stand up yet, I'd try and kick a ball. She knew I'd be into football. Maybe I was just destined to do this.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either.
- Negative
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I can stand up for what I believe in. I don't take the word 'rebel' in a negative connotation.
- Nov 07, 2020
A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up.
- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.
- Slavery
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've got to stand up at some point and say, 'We are not gonna pay slavery reparations in the United States Congress.' That war's been fought. That was over a century ago. That debt was paid for in blood, and it was paid for in the blood of a lot of Yankees, especially. And there's no reparations for the blood that paid for the sin of slavery.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an honorary ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer, and I'm also associated with St. Jude's.
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- Nov 07, 2020