Best 682 quotes in «boxing quotes» category

I'm a good friend, but I'm a hell of an enemy. As your enemy, I want your demise. When I feel that in my heart it burns till I die.

I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan.

I'm a huge boxing fan. I love the strategy and the combat.

I make more money with Don King stealing from me than 100 percent from other promoters.

I'm a nut case, but that is what I believe.

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. If that ever happens, it's only because something happened during the interview that got me going, and then I had to translate my feelings to the mouth of the character.

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin.

I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties.

I'm concentrating so much I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

I'm going to give Vargas the chance to cash his last paycheck. I would like to say publicly that Fatty Vargas has always feared me. I conceded to take this fight at 162 pounds because fatty couldn't lose any more weight. I will do Vargas a favor by retiring him in this fight so his family doesn't have to suffer every time he steps in the ring. I'm going to do his wife a favor and not let her cry anymore.

I'm gonna make a ton of money on the rematch, but that decision was horrible.

I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

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 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 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 the best. I just haven't played yet.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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