I started on the phones, taking orders, and then I did the…

I found something I loved to do when I was 15 - making pizzas.

— John Schnatter

One day we'll have championship boxing in Cleveland and people will support it.

— Shawn Porter

I always tried to be different from everyone else. Then I found out about boxing. That was the way I could be different from…

— Riddick Bowe

I liked wrestling a lot better than boxing. I remember thinking at that time that wrestling was a pure demonstration of strength, which I…

— Scott Carpenter

I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing,…

— Peter Berg

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

— Muhammad Ali

Boxing can be so important to young people, it keeps you off the street and you can channel your energy and aggression in the…

— Nigel Benn

I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match.

— Joseph Parker

I'm a fighter, I love boxing, it's what I do.

— Shane Mosley

Whether it's Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan or Kell Brook, there are a lot of fights out there that I think would be…

— Keith Thurman

I actually like boxing away from home. It takes the pressure off you a little bit.

— James DeGale

You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone.

— Sugar Ray Robinson

Apart from my grandad, none of my family had really been into boxing so the sport was never discussed much at home.

— Josh Taylor

As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think…

— Oscar De La Hoya

You know, it brings in a lot of different people; you take people off the street, and kids, and people from all different walks…

— Michele Lamy