China Quote by Andy Ruiz Jr

In Beijing when the Chinese athletes had a massive roar that gave me a buzz pretending they were shouting for me.

— Ellie Simmonds

I was a quiet kid on the streets. The loudmouths would push me around but when I was boxing, I was beating them up…

— Carl Frampton

As an amateur, I trained in some real hard schools of knocks. In Cuba, they would have judges on three sides of the ring…

— Chris Eubank Jr

In Brazil, I walked around with a lot of security. Fans were threatening to fight me.

— Roberto Carlos

I will be completely honest: when I fought in Manchester, they were very cruel to me. One fan actually spat directly in my face,…

— Matt Riddle

I used to go to fights in Japan, mega shows at soccer stadiums. They would have all kinds of martial arts fights in one…

— Scott Coker

I was beaten up wherever I went, and people shouted at me and cursed me and threw things at me.

— Quentin Crisp

I suffered racial abuse in Lithuania, and in two games the fans were making monkey noises and throwing coins at me.

— Paulinho

In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South…

— Patrick Soon-Shiong

At the Olympics, for those eight minutes of each fight, all that attention was on me. Either the crowd is with you or against…

— Claressa Shields

I'm much better known in France and Germany and Spain than I am in the U.S. When I go to Russia, I get mobbed;…

— Bill Plympton

I was paid to be cheeky and people clapped me for it.

— George Cole