Boxing Quotes

826 Boxing quotes by 263 unique authors

Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's… — Muhammad Ali
For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an… — Muhammad Ali
The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my… — Muhammad Ali
Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing. — Joyce Carol Oates
It's not rage that drives me, it's competition. — Lennox Lewis
Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam — Michael Spinks
Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly. — Gene Tunney
I put my money in property and I love merchandise; such as Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. It's about stability for the future. — Shayne Ward
Politics is like boxing — you try to knock out your opponents. — Idi Amin
I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion. — Idi Amin
In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock. — Damon Runyon
As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than… — Gene Tunney
My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons. — Gene Tunney
Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing. — Floyd Patterson
Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that. — Oscar De La Hoya
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is… — Gerry Cooney
Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics. — Gerry Cooney
The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness. — Barry McGuigan
Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century. — Barry McGuigan
I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually… — Barry McGuigan
Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He… — Gerry Cooney
The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you — Marvin Hagler
I once fisted two babies and then used the corpses as boxing gloves to fight off the grieving parents. — Zach Braff
Chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent… — Vitali Klitschko
I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a… — Dick Schaap

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