I was also an only child and my father really wanted a son - he's from that generation - it was always… — Milla Jovovich Copy Share Image
If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit… — A. J. Liebling Copy Share Image
I like Sergio Martinez. I think he's strong, he's gritty, he's got plenty of heart, he's not the fanciest guy you might… — Bernard Hopkins Copy Share Image
Mayweather is a very smart businessman and he knows there's no respect from the boxing world in beating Conor McGregor. — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
Yeah, I thought I could be heavyweight champion of the world when I was working with Ali and Joe Frazier and Earnie… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
My whole life, I've been hearing, 'He's good for a white boy'... My plan in boxing is just to eliminate stereotypes. I… — Caleb Plant Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, that's just boxing - it's a different sport altogether. But when I finish fighting for the… — Mark Hunt Copy Share Image
Lonnie Smith doesn't deserve to fight ever again. I am totally disgusted with him. If I had known he would run like… — Julio Cesar Chavez Sr Copy Share Image
The level of difficulty in most areas of MMA is very high. It's a high learning curve. The footwork in boxing alone… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, I stand before you a free man. Free in body, free in spiret and free in… — Don King Copy Share Image
It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
I don't know that person anymore, that guy in '86, '87. I don't know that guy no more. I don't have no… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
I was a really good youth boxer, and I enjoyed the sport very much. Once I actually started to play the trumpet,… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I love the fight game. I like the brutality. I like the mentality. I like the aggressiveness, but I like the technique… — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
I came out as a gay as I have earned myself respect as an athlete. I have only lost 2 out of… — Orlando Cruz Copy Share Image
They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
Most people have been on a baseball diamond and a basketball court. At least once in their life, they've walked across a… — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
James Franco is a Method actor. I respect Method actors, but he never snapped out of character. Whenever we'd have to get… — Tyrese Gibson Copy Share Image
For me, boxing is just a hobby and a science that I enjoy. I enjoy studying it and I'm a fan of… — Bugzy Malone Copy Share Image
For the last years now I've had my own academy where I train Brazilian Jujitsu and Tae boxing, Muay Thai everyday. — Sean Patrick Flanery Copy Share Image
Hatton leads the wrong lifestyle to be a great fighter, and he does not have what it takes to be one of… — Paulie Malignaggi Copy Share Image
MMA is not jiu-jitsu. MMA is not boxing. MMA is not wrestling. It's a different kind of style of punching and wrestling… — Jan Blachowicz Copy Share Image
The past is gone. I know it sounds cliché, but you're here. Like be in it. And boxing was a really good… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Boxing is dangerous. Anything can happen, so you need supreme confidence. That's why I represent myself like nobody can beat me, because… — Ryan Garcia Copy Share Image
And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, some good old-fashioned wrestling and plenty of cardio. You name it, it's part of my routine. — Chris Weidman Copy Share Image
In boxing, there are lot of things that happen where they try to slow down the process and try to get to… — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
With the advent of chivalry, the art of boxing waned. The evolution of feudal aristocracy, with other and widely different exercises, pastimes… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
You play football, rugby, tennis. You do not play boxing. When a sportsperson is in a game, when it gets too much,… — Chris Eubank Sr Copy Share Image
There ain't nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
I wish my memory weren't so bad. They tell me it's from all the football and boxing and the concussions that I… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I will give Cassius Clay $250,000 if he will just get into the ring with me anywhere in a combination boxing-wrestling match. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
It's a hard sport. You don't come from a rich family wanting to be a boxer. Rich kids get hit in the… — Shannon Briggs Copy Share Image
I don't owe Don King anything. I got things with my own sweat and blood. I don't know if I'll be associated… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
You know how boxing does those pound-for-pound rankings? If the NBA did that, I think you'd see Kemba right there among the… — Gordon Hayward Copy Share Image
I just love to fight. I like to hurt people. I haven't lost that. I didn't lose it when I first got… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win… — Dick Schaap Copy Share Image
“No, just as Marlon Brando seemed to inhabit a role as though it were a natural extension of his mood, so Ali… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
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