Boxing Quote by Tommy Morrison Download Open image “I saw a chance to make the 1988 Olympic boxing team and forgot all about football.” — Tommy Morrison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare 1988 Olympic Boxing Chance Football Forgot Forgot Football Olympic Boxing Olympics Saw Team Team Forgot
I always wanted to make football a career. My senior year didn't go where I needed it to go, though, and it made the… — Shawn Porter Copy Share Image
Dementia pugilistica was discovered in 1928... And we still have boxing. Football will continue. — Chris Borland Copy Share Image
I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it. — Chael Sonnen Copy Share Image
I was always considering what other sport I could do, to get myself to be in a position to be an Olympian, and then… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
It's one of the biggest disappointments of my boxing career, not going to the Olympics. — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
Football, like boxing, will never go away, just occupy a different role in the American zeitgeist. — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
With my style, training is very rigorous. You're toe-to-toe, getting beat on six days a week for five or six weeks leading to a… — Tommy Morrison Copy Share Image
Beating a legend is a very good feeling, but internally I was processing the realization that I could compete with anyone. — Tommy Morrison Copy Share Image
I was the first player at Jay to play four years varsity. As a frosh, I was a punter. From my soph through senior… — Tommy Morrison Copy Share Image
If I met a girl, I'd tell her straight up, 'I might run into someone else I want to go out with; don't be… — Tommy Morrison Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I've been confident of coming out on top in a brawl, but the ring is a lot different… — Tommy Morrison Copy Share Image
People don't like to see a sloppy fight, to see heavyweights wallow around. They like to see exciting fighters. — Tommy Morrison Copy Share Image
I realize that there's a whole generation of kids out there like me who are totally disregarding the moral values taught to us by… — Tommy Morrison Copy Share Image
You know, it brings in a lot of different people; you take people off the street, and kids, and people from all different walks… — Michele Lamy Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
Apart from my grandad, none of my family had really been into boxing so the sport was never discussed much at home. — Josh Taylor Copy Share Image
You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone. — Sugar Ray Robinson Copy Share Image
I actually like boxing away from home. It takes the pressure off you a little bit. — James DeGale Copy Share Image
Whether it's Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan or Kell Brook, there are a lot of fights out there that I think would be… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match. — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing,… — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
I liked wrestling a lot better than boxing. I remember thinking at that time that wrestling was a pure demonstration of strength, which I… — Scott Carpenter Copy Share Image
