Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker claims a physical attack will be fatal regardless of hitting the target.
In plain terms
He says a punch either kills directly or causes pneumonia from the wind.
What can you take from it?
Exaggeration is used to assert dominance.

Where it applies

  • boasting
  • threatening
  • sports

Putting it to work

  • identify hyperbole
  • analyze confidence

Questions to consider

  • How do people show confidence?
  • Why use impossible threats?

Another view

The claim is physically impossible and clearly a joke.

More from The Rock

  1. Your house started to shake, the heavens opened up, and God Himself spoke to you and said this: 'Bob...' (little boy voice) 'But my name's Billy.' (back to Roc…

    Permalink to quote #9
  2. So whether it's you Chris Jericho, Chris Jericho's Daddy, Chris Jericho's MaMa, Uncle Joe Jericho with the glass eye or maybe it's Grandpa Jimmy Jack Jericho w…

    Permalink to quote #11
  3. 'Undertaker, do you think you impress The Rock by coming out here with your little Undertaker symbol and claim to steal the souls of all those jabronis? Do you…

    Permalink to quote #8

Related quotes

  1. While I'm talking to you I'm thinking up the greatest short poem of all time. This poem tells how it feels to be great as I am: Me - wheee!

    Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali quote #2
  2. 'You know how you once had that thing where the wrestler rode a little bus all over the country, shakin' hands, and kissing babies? You should have a Stone Col…

    Stone Cold Steve AustinStone Cold Steve Austin quote #6
  3. Hold the mic up, jabroni, before The Rock slaps the taste out of your mouth! You *referring to Stone Cold Steve Austin* come out here and you spit your little …

    The RockThe Rock quote #6