Boxing Quotes · Page 9

Assumption is the mother of the screw-up.

— Angelo Donghia

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

— Roberto Duran

He looks up through blood smeared lips.

— Harry Carpenter

The nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep

— Angelo Dundee

Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Sometimes you need to be awkward to beat awkwardness

— Charlie Flynn

My way of joking is to tell the truth

— George Bernard Shaw

Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey.

— George Carlin

The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.

— Barry McGuigan

I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting.

— Wilbur Smith

I enjoy boxing, it's a good release. I do that to push myself physically.

— Wayne Bridge

I used to work out for eight hours a day, which includes running, boxing and martial arts.

— Puneet Issar

Don King is the best snake oil salesman I ever met. The absolute best.

— Mickey Duff

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

— Alexis Arguello

It's hard to know what's gay in life. Boxing. That's two men fighting over a belt.

— Demetri Martin

Boxing is a lot of preparation and then improvising, so there are parallels to being an actor.

— Seth Numrich

A loss in boxing is different to any sport. It can set your career back a few years. So I fear losing…

— Carl Frampton

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…

— Miles Teller

I can't watch a [Floyd] Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting. I used to watch boxing in the [Michael] Tyson era…

— Usain Bolt

Even the greatest boxers can suffer from disease. You cant put a price on health until sickness strikes. Only then will you…

— Mehde H Choudhury

I feel I let everyone British sport, British boxing, my community, my home town of Manchester, my family my kids, I feel…

— Ricky Hatton

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man.

— Howard Cosell

I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set…

— Muhammad Ali

I made an instant connection with boxing right away. Boxing became such a part of me. I ate boxing, I slept boxing,…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

For me, it was very important to be part of a boxing film that actually explores the psychological aspects of the sport,…

— Edgar Ramirez

Aggression is part of the masculine design, we are hardwired for it...Little girls do not invent games where large numbers of people…

— John Eldredge

I think boxing is a singular sport, because the stakes are so high and because it just appeals to people's primal instincts.…

— Aaron Eckhart

I'm not the most athletic gal, but because making a movie is very physical, I slow down on the Krispy Kreme and…

— Ava DuVernay

Looking back now, I realise that belonging to the family of a labourer actually helped to prepare my body for boxing. There…

— Mary Kom

This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of…

— Muhammad Ali

I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop…

— Mike Tyson

I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.

— Shannon Briggs

So when do I meet the champ?

— Chuck Wepner

And we have a new era in boxing!

— Barry Tompkins

There is no fighter smarter than me.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Laila Ali is boxing's real-life million-dollar baby.

— Thomas Hauser

I was always into martial arts and boxing.

— Robbie Lawler

We trying to bring back the old-school boxing.

— Jermell Charlo

Honey, I just forgot to duck.

— Jack Dempsey