Top 572 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Boxers - Page 4

I had it all - money, women, fame, cars, yachts, everything a man could want - but it didn't give my life meaning.

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My family's support and the negative environment of the day toward blacks in South Carolina became the forces that led me out of the South - first to New York, then to Philadelphia, where I found opportunity in the form of a PAL gym and my trainer, Yank Durham.

Bitterness only consumes the vessel that contains it.

I love all the soft candy. I'm not a big fan of the hard candy though.

Yeah I got a question: Any more excuses tonight, Roy?

Either get on the boat or get off the boat.

I don't box, I bring war. I like war.

God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.

So when do I meet the champ?

I've got a good chin, trust me.

It would be my dream to fight against Wladimir Klitschko.

I had the greatest sparring partners, I had the greatest sparring team. And these guys they wrapped me up a lot. I never got the chance to get off on them.

I am not going to sell my soul for a fight. Some promoters don't believe in the philosophy that the fighters get the lion's share of a fight. They think they should be getting the lion's share for making the calls, for sitting on the chairs and discussing what is going to happen on the night. My father and I are the fighters - we don't believe in that.

After I knock out Randy Couture, I'll fight for the heavyweight title, the real heavyweight boxing title in October or November, come back and fight in the UFC in January or February. It doesn't matter, I'm a two sport athlete. The oldest man to ever do that.

The cancer battle, it helped me put a lot of things in perspective and gave me time to reflect and think.

Every fight is a fight for my life. And I step in the ring and make sure that I fight with that on the back of my mind.

Once I win, everyone will know who my instructor is in mixed martial arts.

All my wives were great housekeepers. After every divorce, they kept the house.

Wow. I'm humbled and I'm honored. To be in the International Boxing Hall of Fame with so many of my friends and heroes is overwhelming.

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

I'm not against gay people.

At 14, I was the most disciplined guy around. I would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and run five miles, and then go to school. Sometimes I would run behind the school bus, and the kids thought I was just crazy. I knew what I wanted.

Being a household name throughout boxing, that matters to me.

I have one of those real old American built cars. The kind that just PUNCHES through accidents.

If we cut open the bud of a beautiful rose in order to see how it is 'packed' and what it is going to look like, what sort of a bloom will we get?

It hurts me because of what he's doing to boxing. Because one of the most important world titles is at stake now. The champion has to defend it against the best.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

I still know I'm a true champion, I'm a great fighter, some of the best fighters of all time have a loss, or more than a couple of losses.

A lot of fighters don't like to critique other fighters because this is a fighting sport. But just like when you have good days and bad days, we are OK to talk about it. It's not so bad for me and my twin brother to critique each other because we have been criticized by everyone else too.

The purpose of human life is the dissolution of the soul and the revelation of the Spirit.

You're going to need a stronger stomach if you're going to be back in the kitchen seeing how the sausage is made.

Where I've come from and my background, to fight at Madison Square Garden against the biggest name in boxing is unbelievable.

I'm proud of what my brother has done. His success motivates me. He's a world champion.

I just work hard and do what I've got to do and let my promoters and matchmakers handle that part. I basically tell them to get the guy that has the best record that wants to fight.

It's very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids... you're not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure.

I just want to be remembered as one of the toughest champions with his own attitude.

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

I always wanted to box.

They wanted to wait, to improve, to get better, when he's already a world champion. And that's a mistake. That's a chicken attitude.

I'm not good with jokes, no. I don't know a joke at all. I like being told jokes, but I can't tell one myself.

The worst thing is having to make weight before a fight. It's hard to cut down.

There's nothing wrong with being gay or lesbian. If my cousin was gay I'd support him. If my sister was a lesbian I'd support her.

All boxers are OCD. You can see a bit of OCD in me before I go into the ring. I can't put on my right boot before my left. It's the same with my gloves. It's got to always be the left foot and the left hand first. I would freak out if I did it differently. I have to do the left first because that's the way I done it when I won the Olympics.

I hate to lose and even as an amateur I won every tournament I was in.

Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.

I'm fighting the very best and I'm beating the very best. I'm looking to knock everybody out.

Boxing is a business and if it makes sense, other than my brother (Anthony), damn right I'll fight him.

My goal is to show everybody that I'm the best middleweight in the world.

I know when I first started working with Manny that he was something special. But eight world titles? No one could have expected that.

I was a big light heavyweight but I feel perfect at heavyweight. When I look back at some of my old fights, I was really just a shell of myself. Now I'm healthy and strong and ready to get to the top.

When we go in the ring we know we're going to get hit. We know we're not the ballet people. But if you go in there and have doubt in your mind that you're afraid to get hit, forget it.

The British press hate a winner who's British. They don't like any British man to have balls as big as a cow's like I have.

That's just the business of boxing. Things just turned out that way. I don't think it was any particular reason. I had opportunities to fight in bigger fights, but things just didn't always work out.

A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.

I'm not afraid to lose. I'm here for the competition. I'm here to make greatness.

People were fighting to try to train me. They saw a pot of gold, and they wanted to fight for it. But they seem too hungry. So I said if my father ain't training me, I ain't going to fight.

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.

It was all about the ring. That's where you got your brains shook and the money took.

I don't predict knockouts. The outcome and the performance I am looking for is a victory, nothing less than a victory.