Battle Quote by Paul Haggis

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

There is no magic in fighting. There's no tricks. It's a fist fight.

— Julianna Pena

It's not just the physical aspect of boxing, it's the whole fighter mentality that has been ingrained in me through the years as a…

— Cara Castronuova

So much of boxing is to do with your mental state. Evander Holyfield talks about spirit. I definitely have that spirit and feel like…

— Daniel Dubois

Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the…

— Anthony Joshua

Boxing is fascinating. It's good for the soul to be made to feel clumsy. I swank around during the week thinking I'm a big…

— Hugh Laurie

Boxing is a metaphor for hitting back and showing you can win in life.

— Takashi Miike

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 one of the very few things left in life that you know who you are as soon as you step into the…

— Justin Lin

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

Boxing is a sport of self-control. You must understand fear so you can manipulate it. Fear is like fire. You can make it work…

— Cus D'Amato

There are boxers possessed of such remarkable intuition, such uncanny prescience, one would think they were somehow recalling their fights, not fighting them as…

— Joyce Carol Oates