Boxing Quotes

They Only Made One Mistake, They Signed This Fight.

You ever stop to think they can't rob you of knowledge? They can strip you and you've still got it.

He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher.

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

I loved the movie for the simple reason that I saw the scenes and I saw Muhammad working with these guys.

There's more tension in golf than in boxing because golfers bring it on themselves. It's silly really because it's not as if the golf ball is going to jump up and belt you on the whiskers, is it?

You take what the guy gives you. If there's nothin' there, you handle it. No problem.

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.

Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.

I wouldn't recommend [boxing] to any child of mine. I would rather he played golf or something.

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character.

If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such.

His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.

If you are a blackman in America and get stopped by the police, make sure you have a vidio camera. Don't rely on some passerby to film the beating. Rodney King was just lucky.

In boxing, everybody has their favorites.

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.

Every day of my life, I'm trying to find a different way to get better.

It was a sucker punch. But you know who gets hit by sucker punches? Suckers.

It don't matter as long as he can count up to 10

Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the rest of your life.

I never knew about a lot of the outside things

The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.

My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

You stick to commentating, let me do the fighting.

If you don't follow Don King, you get stepped on.

I want to keep fighting because it's the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

I don't think his hands could take the abuse.

I fought Sugar Ray so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

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.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

I was once knocked out by a Mexican bantamweight - six of my pals were swinging him around by his heels at the time.

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

You run for forty-five minutes, you train for an hour and a half, and the rest of the time you hang out and talk tough

I've always loved boxing. It's something I've always been extremely excited about.

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

I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.

I've been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all my life. Boxing, kickboxing. I'm definitely not a fighter, but I defend my honor.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

I am the biggest face of boxing right now. That's how I feel. I am the greatest of this era.

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

The match would have to be made at 165 pounds. Sean can't make 160 any more, even though he's drinking lite beer these days

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