Boxing Quotes

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 brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.

I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club.

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.

Maybe with boxing and good focus, I can fix myself and make my mother proud.

In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak.

Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor.

I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.

Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly.

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.

In boxing, everybody has their favorites.

I've always loved boxing. It's something I've always been extremely excited about.

Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.

It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.

Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world.

Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.