Best 682 quotes in «boxing quotes» category

Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even TV-A.M.'s inaugural episode was enjoyed in pyjamas in my house.

Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.

Any fighter didn't like Muhammad Ali should have his head examined.

Assumption is the mother of the screw-up.

As long as there's this welfare state of ours we're not going to have any good fighters

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.

Asking the legal system to resolve divorce is like asking a boxing coach to be our marriage counselor.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

At noon I get to the gym to do my boxing workout. Three hours there. Rest. Once in a while I get a massage, because I need it once in while.

AWWW ON THE MAIL. The mail man delivers, once again!

Both guys ran out of gas, only my guy had an extra tank.

Boxing and wrestling are evidence that mankind has not rid itself of all savage behavior.

Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.

Boxing is always serious. Nothing comical or funny about boxing.

Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.

Boxing is show-business with blood.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

Boxing should probably be banned. But until then, I'm a big fan.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.

Boxing is a business and if it makes sense, other than my brother (Anthony), damn right I'll fight him.

Boxing is drama on its grandest scale.

Boxing is going to have to catch up with the kind of things UFC is doing. They're getting left behind.

Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent.

Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.

Boxing is the only sport where you have the audience coming right up to you and saying, "You Stink." And you got to deal with that. It's like being in front of the lions.

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and anyone who loses his temper is disqualified.

Bullfighting can be an art Boxing can be an art Loving can be an art Opening a can of sardines can be an art

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

Battle rap is a culture. That's boxing, it's like boxing.

Boxing and chess are similar. It’s about the choice of means. Sometimes I need a pawn, a bishop or a knight to defeat my opponent. It’s about finding the best way. A good boxer has to be variable. He doesn’t just need to know how to punch. He must also know how to protect himself, how to defend, how to avoid the opponent’s punches. Only a complete fighter can become champion.

Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of them wins.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Boxing is a great way to vent. I don't know if there is a better way, I think for women too. There is something so primal about it and it's the best exercise in the world, even if you don't ever get in the ring.

Boxing is an American sport - a 'so-called sport' to many - in which images of incalculable beauty and violence, desperation and ingenuity, are routinely entwined; the sport that evokes the most extreme reactions - loathing, revulsion, righteous indigation; a fierce and often inexplicable loyalty.

Boxing is a place where, if you haven't done the training, that's going to be exposed very quickly.

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.

Boxing is fascinating. It's good for the soul to be made to feel clumsy. I swank around during the week thinking I'm a big cheese, but you don't feel like that when you're in the ring with a chap who knows what he's doing. It's ritual humiliation. I'm going to be slugged about and probably killed, but I love it and have to do something to keep fit.

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

Boxing is not for killing each other.

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.

Boxing is strange to watch. It's impossible to take your eyes off of it. Part of our brains like to watch violence. At the same time, it's horrifying to watch two men try to knock each other out.

Boxing kept me out of the streets, by giving me something to do. And it gave me a father figure in the coach that was there for me. I just reiterated what my mother was trying to teach me about focusing and getting my life together.

Boxing remains an important living metaphor of the struggle for equality.

Boxing's given me the chance to travel around the world and open the door and the world is much brighter.

Boxing always was corrupt and always will be corrupt. The three world champion's belts really are absurd. One single association would make this business more reputable. Just as powerful as the promoters, is the media. The cable networks control the cash flow. You can’t ignore the influence the media and the promoters have on the sport. They have a financial objective - high ratings, selling pay-per-views and selling out arenas. Because of the system, the public may not be seeing the best the sport has to offer, but what sells.