Heavyweight Quotes

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight.

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.

My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.

You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.

I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.

The mission I set out on in the beginning - to become heavyweight champion of the world, undisputed, lineal champion - you could say that mission is complete.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

What had brought me to New York in the autumn of 1972 was a letter of recommendation written by Norman Mailer, the author of 'The Naked and the Dead' and American literature's leading heavyweight contender, to Dan Wolf, the delphic editor of 'The Village Voice.'

I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene.

A perfect record does not mean that someone is the greatest. Rocky Marciano never lost a fight, but I never hear anyone say he's the greatest heavyweight champion of all time.

What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.