Boxing Quote by Amir Khan

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

— Anthony Yarde

Boxing is an American sport - a 'so-called sport' to many - in which images of incalculable beauty and violence, desperation and ingenuity, are…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can…

— F.X. Toole

Boxing is like chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalise on it. People think you get in the ring…

— Nicola Adams

Boxing is a state of mind. It's a place where you just think about what you are doing, in the moment. Fascinating, like playing…

— Michele Lamy

Boxing is like any other sport, like football, basketball, whatever, where there's a strategy you stick to in order to win.

— Demetrius Andrade

Boxing's a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.

— Anthony Joshua

There's a lot psychologically going on in boxing... I think I relate to some of it. I have a respect for it. It's like…

— Julia Holter

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to…

— Jimmy Smits

It's kind of hard for boxing, which is a violent sport, to get the respect that it deserves.

— Daniel Jacobs

Boxing definitely has a part to play in taking away unwanted aggression.

— Joe Calzaghe

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