Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr..
Last updated on September 10, 2024.
I hate boxers who dance. To me that is a stinky style.
I am Mexican, and people tend to forget that.
I've never been booed in my hometown.
God has given me so much that I feel I must give to those who are less fortunate. I don't do it to be in anyone's good graces.
I want to shut Camacho's mouth, quiet him for good.
Fights are won by fighting, not by running.
I know I symbolize something. I don't really know what.
I told my mother I was going to become a world champion and buy her a home.
Thank God that I lost against Frankie Randall because he made me put my feet firmly on the ground.
I have too much chin.
For me it's very difficult to watch my boys fight. I have to support them, but it's hard.
My father, Rodolfo, worked as a train conductor and that's how we came to live in the railway car. The Government owned it, and we paid rent on it. Back then I would wake up at 4 in the morning and run through the streets, selling newspapers. I'd scream out, 'Sol, Debate, Noreste.' Those were the papers I sold.
I have had 100 fights and I am very proud.
I have to give credit to Hector Camacho. He's a much better fighter than I anticipated.
Bobby Lee's actions and his dealings with Bob Arum have convinced me that I am not being treated fairly by Bobby Lee.
I sometimes get worn out by the training and going into the gym, but never by the fights.
The fight with Camacho is very attractive. It's a natural fight, and one that Mexico, Puerto Rico and the world wants to see.
I'm not a selfish person.
Lonnie Smith doesn't deserve to fight ever again. I am totally disgusted with him. If I had known he would run like a coward, I would never have given him a fight. He has disgraced boxing.
The North American media have been very difficult and very critical of Julio Cesar Chavez. Why?... Because a Mexican broke the records of Muhammad Ali.
My opponents, they say, 'Aw, I can take this one.' But when they see me in the ring, when I transform myself, then they say to themselves, 'God, what have I put myself into?'
I get quite depressed and unmotivated by my injuries.
I had it all - money, women, fame, cars, yachts, everything a man could want - but it didn't give my life meaning.
If Hector Camacho can ever win a title, I'd like to fight him.
I would like to keep fighting until I have my 100th victory. But if I lose, I'll lose fighting hard, with pride and dignity.
Mexican boxing is very aggressive; you go forward with great heart. The American style is always that you run around, you try to be elusive. The Mexican style is much better. I never tried to be elusive.
I like to surround myself with people, to always celebrate!
They say De La Hoya is pretty boy. I am prettier.
All the drinking and emotional problems I had, I really let the fans down. I lost my respect for them. I did not give them my best effort.
People pay to see you fight.
I want 100 victories, not just 100 fights.
I made my history. I don't have to prove anything.
I fought every kind of boxer.
I do feel pressured sometimes because I feel responsible for so many people.
I am a boxer for the people. I am one of them.
I needed Oscar De La Hoya to get motivated.
I think 113 fights are really enough.
Camacho's a very fast and intelligent fighter but I don't think he can handle the pressure I will put on him.
Whitaker will be nothing without Julio Cesar Chavez. I do not need Whitaker. Whitaker doesn't make the money I can. He can't fill arenas. He is nobody.
I'm macho because when I get in the ring, I attack.
I am going to have to search for Whitaker. I intend to throw punches at him from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
I never said I was a robot or a superman or a super being.
One-forty-two is my natural, normal weight.
I never run away from any opponent.
I was always winning, winning, winning. I took winning for granted.
I'm gonna challenge Camacho, Rosario or anyone else who has the lightweight title.
Professional athletes have been blessed by God.
I don't live for publicity or glory.
Hands down, my son fighting for a world title, that's bigger than me going into the Hall of Fame.
I would die for my son.
Logically money is important in a boxer's career. That is why one fights.
They would not boo me in Culiacan.
Temoya is a place that's isolated from everyone. You can only concentrate on your training there. There are no distractions. You live life in a very different way. There, you learn to value life, to appreciate the things you have.
Americans treat me very, very well.
Most people know who I am and what kind of legacy I have.
The fighter is born. He cannot be made.
Americans did not want to see a Mexican become more popular in boxing than Muhammad Ali.
People are very confused and wrong because there is no comparison between me and Canelo.
When you fight the best and then you have to face someone who is supposedly easy to beat, that's when you take your eye off the ball and the defeats begin.
Sometimes I have signed blank contracts.
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