"If you seek to do battle with me this day, you'll receive the best I am capable of giving. It may not be enough, but it will be everything I have to give. You may defeat me, but you will be lucky to escape with your life. You may kill me, but I am willing to die if necessary. I do not fear death for I have been close enough to it on numerous occasions that it no longer concerns me. What I do fear is the loss of my honor, and would rather die fighting than to have it said I was without courage"