--- title: "2 Heavyweight Title Quotes By Roy Jones Jr" description: "2 Heavyweight Title quotes by Roy Jones Jr. Plus more from Roy Jones Jr and more Heavyweight Title sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/roy-jones-jr-7564_wrestling_you-have-to-look-at-it-like-this-superma_1322412.png" --- > [You have to look at it like this. Superman had to gain a lot of weight to fight at heavyweight. I had to take off a lot of weight to go back down. That was all muscle. It took me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/you-have-to-look-at-it-like-this-superman-had-to-gain-a-lot-of-weight/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/roy-jones-jr-7564_wrestling_you-have-to-look-at-it-like-this-superma_1322412.png) > [I feel so good, but I havent told you all that, number one. I had to go through a phase where I had to do something for myself. After I won the heavyweight title I came back down and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-feel-so-good-but-i-havent-told-you-all-that-number-one-i-had-to-go/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/roy-jones-jr-7564_brothers-and-sisters_i-feel-so-good-but-i-havent-told-you-all_3105618.png) ## More by Roy Jones Jr > [If it were, why would I tell you? You are down there in Puerto Rico and you will tell Tito. Are you serious? If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/if-it-were-why-would-i-tell-you-you-are-down-there-in-puerto-rico-and/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I've tried to stick with the same people from when my career started to today. The more people you add around you, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-ve-tried-to-stick-with-the-same-people-from-when-my-career-started/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I started talking about retiring in 1997. This is a brutal game, and 25 years of it ain't good for your health. After I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-started-talking-about-retiring-in-1997-this-is-a-brutal-game-and-25/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I never wanted my kids to feel about me the way I felt about him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-never-wanted-my-kids-to-feel-about-me-the-way-i-felt-about-him/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I always feel like there’s no fighter that I can’t figure out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-always-feel-like-there-s-no-fighter-that-i-can-t-figure-out/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I would fight Glen Johnson, Antonio Tarver, Chad DawsonI dont care. Let me tell you one more time, my time, my probation period is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-would-fight-glen-johnson-antonio-tarver-chad-dawsoni-dont-care-let/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I'm pretty good at video games, but I'm the champ when it comes to pinball, and that's just because it's old-fashion like I am.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-m-pretty-good-at-video-games-but-i-m-the-champ-when-it-comes-to/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I never stop. I'll never truly retire, because my mind is always on go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-never-stop-i-ll-never-truly-retire-because-my-mind-is-always-on-go/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [Boxing’s an art, it’s a science, and you don’t go out to knock people out. If they happen to get knocked out, they happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/boxing-s-an-art-it-s-a-science-and-you-don-t-go-out-to-knock-people/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I got real bored in '96. Wasn't nobody to fight. Nothing to look forward to. That's when I started playing basketball again. Had I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-got-real-bored-in-96-wasn-t-nobody-to-fight-nothing-to-look-forward/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I can get a title shot any time I want to. They know I can beat 110% of the champions out there right now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-can-get-a-title-shot-any-time-i-want-to-they-know-i-can-beat-110-of/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [There's no way a fighter should fight and put his life on the line, and a promoter makes more money than he makes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/there-s-no-way-a-fighter-should-fight-and-put-his-life-on-the-line/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [Mayweather was TBE - The Best Ever - at making money, but look at his highlights and look at mine. You can't pretend it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/mayweather-was-tbe-the-best-ever-at-making-money-but-look-at-his/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [One thing you gotta know about Roy. The way I always saw myself, is I'm just like you. In the ring, I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/one-thing-you-gotta-know-about-roy-the-way-i-always-saw-myself-is-i-m/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) > [I don't really give in to the critics because critics are always going to criticize, and what have they done? A person who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jones-jr/i-don-t-really-give-in-to-the-critics-because-critics-are-always/) [Roy Jones Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jones-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heavyweight-title/roy-jones-jr/#itemlist", "name": "2 Heavyweight Title Quotes By Roy Jones Jr", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to look at it like this. Superman had to gain a lot of weight to fight at heavyweight. I had to take off a lot of weight to go back down. 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