I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
The acclaim I'm getting for 'The Wrestler' means everything in the world to me. But it also means I can't take my… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
Since I knew wrestling was all choreographed, I thought, Oh, they don't get hurt at all. But I walked away with a… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
I get a call, and it's Howard Bingham, and he's got the champ on the line.Muhammad Ali didn't remember me from being… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
The two sports are as different as Ping-Pong and rugby. In boxing, you don’t know what’s going to happen. In wrestling, it’s… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
People ask me about that all the time. They say, "Did you ever think of directing?" And I say, "It's completely out of the… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
Since I knew wrestling was all choreographed, I thought, Oh, they don't get hurt at all. But I walked away with a renewed respect… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
Actors should shut up about politics. They tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cosy up to some flavour of-the-month liberal. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
In order to understand the stock market we have to realize that, like anything enormous and inert, it's fundamentally stable, and, like anything emotion-driven,… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
Sometimes the independent movies can get a little too arty-farty. You watch the IFC Channel and you want to throw up. You don't always… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
