Boxing Quotes · Page 24

Boxing is full of chances and it's easy throwing a shot, it's about landing it at the precise time.

— Daniel Dubois

In football what counts is team spirit. It isn't an individual sport like boxing or tennis.

— Alfredo Di Stefano

I personally hate to fight, but I love the science of boxing.

— Aleks Paunovic

My parents taught me good standards, and I feel like I'm taking it to the boxing realm.

— Joseph Parker

Both guys ran out of gas, only my guy had an extra tank.

— Angelo Dundee

I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'

— George Foreman

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

— Billie Jean King

Boxing gives you discipline, it helps you physically and mentally.

— Anthony Yarde

I was hungry and I was looking for a way to better my life. With boxing, I didn't have to make a…

— Tavoris Cloud

One girl said when I won my gold that was what inspired her to do boxing. She was only 12, and that…

— Nicola Adams

I am trying to be better than anybody who ever laced up a pair of boxing gloves, and I think that pretty…

— Adrien Broner

“What is the word for this kind of underwear? Boxings? Something like that? I cannot think of it.” “Boxings? Oh, god, Rania.…

— Jasinda Wilder

The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets…

— Muhammad Ali

My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house…

— Mike Tyson

“Anger, hate, blind temper, that crazy switch to destroy, all of it purified into discipline and control, the best side of boxing,…

— Adam Berlin

A boxer should quit at the top, as they say. But that’s complicated. There are plenty of people in boxing who make…

— Lennox Lewis

I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my…

— Holt McCallany

A boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone,…

— Evander Holyfield

Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now…

— Alexis Arguello

It's not just a trainer - as a man, my dad was unbelievable. Even outside boxing, he was my friend as well.…

— Joe Calzaghe

I don't know how many people have passed away bare knuckle but boxing, fighting, punching each other in the head, men's mental…

— Mike Perry

A boxing ring looks different from the inside, particularly when it's shared with another man who is intent upon rendering you unconscious.…

— Thomas Hauser

“He cared nothing for art, music and books. He had no hobbies or diversions, not even a passing interest in gambling and…

— John R. O'Donnell

If you envy me whatever modicom of success that I enjoy, you must also envy me my time, my labour, my finance,…

— Don King

I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong. They never called me n*gger.

— Muhammad Ali

I left school at 16, with GCSEs, and went boxing full-time.

— Luke Campbell

Most importantly fighters in my day knew the most important art in boxing - feinting.

— Jack Johnson

Eubank is tough, he's game, he's strong. He's just like his dad. But he struggles with the boxing bit.

— James DeGale

The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.

— Tommy Morrison

Dementia pugilistica was discovered in 1928... And we still have boxing. Football will continue.

— Chris Borland

I want someone to attack me. No weapons. Just me and him. I like to beat men and beat them bad

— Mike Tyson

I love to train boxing, and I think I have enough skills in boxing.

— Junior dos Santos

I'm not really a gambler, but I'll bet on the Super Bowl or some boxing. Something I feel comfortable with.

— Birdman

I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.

— Bob Hope

I didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing -…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I had always wanted to play a boxer, all of my life. I grew up watching great boxing films.

— Holt McCallany

“I’ve always liked boxing, there’s nothing like a punch in the face to remind you you don’t want to die.”

— Atticus Poetry

I have a great passion for boxing. I have family members who are boxers.

— Yoel Romero

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

— George Foreman

That was my biggest dream, to one day become champion in MMA and boxing. That is my biggest dream.

— Jose Aldo