Art Quote by Eddie Shaw

“Anger, hate, blind temper, that crazy switch to destroy, all of it purified into discipline and control, the best side of boxing, Billy says.”

— Adam Berlin

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man.

— Howard Cosell

Boxing is a poor man's sport. It is. There's no other way around it.

— Trent Williams

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…

— Roy Jones Jr

I used to teach writing in a federal prison, and for my students' benefit, I would liken the narrative use of this highly personal…

— Norman Lock

People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all think about…

— Amir Khan

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

— Georges Carpentier

I was too slow a mover to be a boxer. It was much easier to be a poet.

— T. S. Eliot

“Poetry emerges from the depths of struggle. It comes up fighting, demanding to be heard.”

— Aisha Mirza

Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw…

— Cus D'Amato

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

— James Branch Cabell