Boxing Quotes
No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.
If you look at the world the same way when you're 50 that you did when you were 20, then you wasted 30 years.
Boxing and wrestling are evidence that mankind has not rid itself of all savage behavior.
Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
People think that boxing is all about how hard you can hit your opponent. It's not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going.
Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the victor.
Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.
The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.
Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man.
It's like someone jammed an electric light bulb in your face, and busted it. I thought half my head was blowed off...When he knocked me down I could have stayed there for three weeks.
I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.
Let me hear the music. I'ma let the music instruct me on which way to go. Forwards, backwards, left, right. It's like boxing. I'm only as strong as my opponent.
There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the best. You have to practice and train to become the best.
If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it.
All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.
If I did want to come back, I was going to make, what, $50 million? You know what; don't call my phone unless you've got $100 million.
We gon' float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. AH! Rumble, young man rumble! AH!
Every fighter should really do that if they can, because if you build a fan base at home first, then once they receive you at home, it'll be easier to be received elsewhere.
Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw punches with bad intentions.
They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.
I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin.
There are too many governing bodies. They're all corrupt. I think they have replaced the old Mobsters with the kind of 'corporate rule' of boxing.
You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.