Best 682 quotes in «boxing quotes» category

I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since.

I'm just a sucker even talking to you guys. I should be ready to rip your heads off your necks. But it's just not the right thing to do

I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money.

I'm not a big drinker. I don't really drink at all. But my dad and his pals will want to have a good swally because their nerves will be in some state, man!

I'm not a tough guy or a good fighter at all. [Boxing] is just a great way to work out that's not boring. It's also good for your mental health. If you have an Irish or Scottish last name you should definitely do it.

I'm not even a household name in my own household

I'm not God, but I am something similar.

I'm not in favor of that [mandating protective headgear ] because we learn as amateurs how to protect ourselves. And that's why there's a third man in the ring, the referee. And that's why there has to be a very strong boxing commission that doesn't allow guys in the ring who don't belong there.

I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either.

I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

I'm really into boxing. I go to a gym and I'm friends with a trainer who's a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him.

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'

I'm so fast I run through a hurricane and not get wet. George Foreman is gonna pay me a dept.

I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

In all my years in boxing I'd never known such heat

In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because they’re ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didn’t see coming.

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

In America they had no chance - I knocked them all cold in America

In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

In boxing, you never know who you're going to face in the ring.

In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged.

In boxing, if you think you will lose... you're already halfway there.

In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, "This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for". No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.

In The Art and Aesthetics of Boxing, David Scott addresses the daunting task of establishing a groundwork for the aesthetics of boxing-and succeeds with consummate authority. . . . In Scott's incisive blend of art history, sociology, and sports writing, he makes a daring and original statement about fighters and the artists who enshrined them.

In no other sport is the connection between performer and observer so intimate, so frequently painful, so unresolved

I never boxed until 17 and a half, I was in the Olympics at 19, and I was world champion when I was 20. I never watched a boxing match life in my life. The only boxer I had ever heard of was Muhammad Ali.

I never get tired because it ain't energy that's being dispenced. It is GOD speaking through me.

In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing; you've always got a puncher's chance.

I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing.

In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.

I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history

I put my money in property and I love merchandise; such as Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. It's about stability for the future.

I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.

I represent boxing. I represent the old school. That's me.

I run, but boxing conditioning is different, so you have to get used to running in the ring. Boxing movements are very different. Swimming is one of the best because every single muscle is working. I swim a lot. I train very hard at things that mimic boxing. I have to do mostly sport-specific training, such as lots of sparring.

I sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid?

I started boxing when I was eight. I enjoyed when I could hit someone and they couldn't hit me back. It was like a game for me. The feeling of knocking someone out. My first knockout victory was when I was ten. He went down and his nose started to bleed, so they stopped it.

I saw that streak in him when he told me, 'Get the hell out of here or I'll wipe you out., I got the hell out of there, Liston really scared me.

I start a boxing movie and that's kind of something I've been able to get to the gym for. It's great anytime you can parallel a skill that your character has. I just think it makes it even more rewarding.

I started boxing late but I've always been a fighter all my life.

I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.

I started boxing one day a week to experience aggression, which has been really interesting.

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.

It brings me great grief and sadness to hear of the passing of one of the best and most respected trainers of this era, Emanuel Steward. I learned a lot from him during our professional relationship and I will be forever grateful for his help during that time. We were also friends and I know I am going to miss him as so many others will too. He was an important part of our boxing community.

It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.