Best 682 quotes in «boxing quotes» category

The type of work I do is more like CrossFit, so I do track workouts, and I do boxing workouts. So it's a lot of different things that I do. I don't want to overload the body too much, but when we do the hill, it's not like workouts.

The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified.

They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn't show it. In 2000, they didn't show it. In 2004, they didn't show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would think the United States didn't have a boxing team in 2008.

They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.

They Only Made One Mistake, They Signed This Fight.

They say I don't fight guys unless they're on a respirator. That's incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.

This fight is more about what Roy Jones lost than what I took

This boxer is doing what is expected of him, bleeding from his nose.

This fight isn't about boxing, it's something deeper than that.

This is a weird feeling in my life I have to deal with, not being a violent man anymore when my whole life's reputation was built on being extremely violent. I just don't know how to deal with that right now. I don't even go to strip clubs no more. I don't know who I am sometimes, but I am not the guy I used to be. I'm not an angel or anything. I'm still lascivious, periodically. I'm just looking for some balance in my life.

This kid deserves anything good that happens to him. He's such a good guy. He's just the nicest human being you want to meet.

This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.

Thomas Hauser respects boxing and boxers. He gives readers insight into what happens in and out of the ring. Everything he writes is fair-minded and reality-based with a human touch.

... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.

Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.

To me, boxing isn't about the other person. It's about me. My inner struggles. It works for me.

To say he has a glass chin is an insult to glass.

Trainers give of themselves. So, I learned and I projected it with my fighter.

Trying to capture the physicists' precise mathematical description of the quantum world with our crude words and mental images is like playing Chopin with a boxing glove on one hand and a catcher's mitt on the other.

Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.

We boarded the plane after boxing our stakes and knives and taking them to a FedEx carrier, airport security being so strict nowadays. In the section marked 'contents', Bones filled out 'Tofu'. God, but he had a sick sense of humor sometimes.

Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?

Unknown Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.

We have one life / It soon will be past / What we do for God / Is all that will last.

Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit.

Well I am grooming him, he has a boxing trainer that knows what he is talking about, and once he has that he is able to put everything together and he listens, and when somebody listens they are able to accomplish anything.

Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing

We know it's being referred to as the robot boxing movie [Real Steel], but truth is, 70% of the movie is the relationships.

Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?

What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt.

We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me.

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court, but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out.

When I entered the sport of boxing I wanted to be one of the best and be undefeated. And I was able to attain that, not just one championship title, but four.

What's his name? I tried to forget him because if he would have fought like he worked with my guy he would have knocked the guy out.

What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.

When God wants me to lose, then that's when I'll lose. But until then, I'm going to be at the top of my game and keep working hard anddedicating myself to the sport of boxing and to being the best entertainer that I can be.

When I had a boxing match, all I wanted to do was put the guy on his back. That's why I chose to chase after MMA.

What really amazed me was when I sent a suit out for cleaning, forgetting that $700 was in the pocket. They sent the suit back to me. If that happened in New York, both money and suit would be gone.

When Don King's fighters lose their titles they come back fighting on the undercard for peanuts. King owns all the top heavyweights and we spar against each other but we get charged for it and that comes out of our purses.

When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie.

When I got up I stuck to my plan - stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.

When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.

When it comes to boxing I find a way to clear my mind. When it comes to boxing you have to fight. Clear your mind and fight. You can't really think of outside things when you're in the ring.

When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.

Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?

When we started, it was based on lies. It's changing now. There are no secrets in the business. You've got to come with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It's becoming very confusing.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

When you lose the title, that doesn't mean you lose the contract to what you had. Just like when you win the title, it doesn't mean you win brains, PhDs and MAs.

Why should I pay the bums all that good folding money and then go out and do all the work myself?