Top 572 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Boxers - Page 5

I'm an imperfect person. I've let anger, jealousy, all the emotions, get the best of me. If I go into books, word by word, little by little, they help re-center and re-ground me and put me on the right path. Life is a journey. I'm very focused on the things I do and have learned not to be pressured.

Until the moment I came out as a gay, I have kept my personal life and my career strictly separate from each other. No one was supposed to know that I'm gay. This game of hide-and-seek was incredibly strenuous and it took a lot of energy out of me. Now I'm hoping that I can put that energy into my training.

This fight means the world to me. It's what I've been dreaming about since I was 10 years old to win a world title. I'm going in their with nothing less than a victory. I think it's safe to say the fight is not going the distance and it's going to be a fight of the year candidate. He's going to come to fight, I'm coming to fight and I plan on leaving September 8th as the new world champion

Chocolate Kinder from Germany. My wife is from Germany and once I tasted them I was scared I would have to fight at heavyweight.

Most people would think that I don't like Floyd Mayweather, but I like Floyd. He understood on how to keep winning, I don't care what anyone says, he kept the passion in his boxing and in his training to win. A lot of people lose that. They get the money and they don't want to train and Mayweather trained the same as when he had no money and persisted to win.

You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it - it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.

You always be like, I hope I'm ready.

I am a woman and I don't have the power and the strength of a man, so I have to use my technique and my strategy more than just using brute strength like some of the guys do.

You're damn right I do. I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the s*** knocked out of me

I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards.

I systematically break guys down. I get in the ring and they say I don't have any power but then they feel me and feel my strength.

I think you reach your full potential by fighting often enough against varied types of opponents. This makes you a complete fighter.

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

I watched Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 1 in America. I was in Miami at the time. We went out to watch it and it was a great fight. I thought Tyson Fury won the fight. I thought he was very unlucky not to get the decision.

So I'm not wrong when I said you are a puppet? That you have no voice or choice in deciding?

I don't want to be constantly associated with tragedy. I think I'd like to be associated with the idea of 'hope'.

Medical School is the next step in my career. There is no doubt about that. My mind is still hungry and I want to continue my education.

I stay in the gym consistently.

Fighters before a fight, they shouldn't get riled up.

I have everything to come out victorious - the strength, the speed, the youth.

Fights are won by fighting, not by running.

I was always quiet and even timid.

I'm looking to prove myself and earn that respect in the ring.

Dillian Whyte hasn't got any power. He hit me with his best shot, didn't even bother me, and he knows that. I hit him with my best shot and he was asleep and I hit him with another one and I woke him up.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

The NFL acknowledges that repetitive trauma to the head in football... can cause a permanent, disabiling injury to the brain.

Get to know two things about a man. How he earns his money and how he spends it. You will then have the clue to his character. You know all you need to know about his standards, his motives, his driving desires, his real religion.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

There was nothing special about me; there are boxers in Belfast who are more skilled but I had a bit between my teeth that drives me on.

Well, when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously.

The hard work is done. The training is done. I'm not gonna say too much.

I'm a street fighter. I'm ready for any kind of mixed martial arts that comes at me.

[Mate] really is an overall incredible health drink and on top of it it's part of the culture. It's something my whole family and does and what we have always done. It's warm and soothing for the belly and it helps you digest as well. I drink it all the way up until fight day. It's a part of my routine.

I'm working with Al Haymon, who is the best in boxing and he manages my career, and every time I fight he tells me, 'Look, you're only getting better and better, smarter and smarter, keep trying and one day we're going to get that big shot.' And sure enough, it happened.

When I was born, I was 10.5 pounds. My dad said I was like a little rock. It's stuck with me ever since.

People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.

I believe God, too, has a sense of humor.

If Hector Camacho can ever win a title, I'd like to fight him.

Scary movies are my favorite. My kids love Hocus Pocus. I'm a big fan of Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp and Freddy Krueger.

Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

I don't know if I wanted to top myself or if I just wanted someone to hug me.

A boxer makes a comeback for two reasons: either he’s broke or he needs the money.

Adjust to your surroundings, because the world don't wait for you.

I watched all the Saw movies. They were good. But I think Freddie Krueger or Jason might be the best.

To be world champion brings fame. The fame brings good things and bad things too. I try to take the good with calmness.

It's like someone jammed an electric light bulb in your face, and busted it. I thought half my head was blowed off...When he knocked me down I could have stayed there for three weeks.

I'm like a bottle of milk with gloves.

I grew up in Russia where you can not be a trash talker because where I grew up if you're a trash talker you should have to answer for your words. If you don't answer for your words you're nobody. You have no respect from your friends, everybody but here in America everybody comes to say everything for free but they will have to pay in the ring for me.

I sent a lot of ladies to the hospital. If you go and look at my record, a lot of the people I knocked out never fought again, or maybe one time and that was it.

Julio Cesar Chavez will never be ready to fight me.

Ruslan Chagaev is a great boxer and very experienced. He has won almost all of his fights and has already been world champion. And he is a fair sportsman. That is something I like. I have a lot of respect for him.

I only care about myself and my family and this fight I'm gonna win for my family and for myself.

I love fighting. One thing that is the key to that is I always love training. I love to. And I never drink before, no alcohol in my life, no smoke, nothing. I love training.

I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick.

Worry about going out there and making your own legacy.

I'm originally from Victorville, California, I grew up there. You know, it was a journey, because in Victorville, you know, it's tough out there. It's not like, the easiest place to grow up, so I had just faith in God that if I keep working hard, I could make a way for myself, so my faith in God is something I need, it's essential.

I'm not really a reader, but every Thursday and Friday I read my Boxing News. I read the papers every day, but I'm not really a book reader.

Deep down, I reckon the sweetest moment will come when it's finally all over. When, at last, I know that I can stop fighting. Of course it'll also be a little sad. The sweetest moments, y'know, always come with just a little sadness.

My team has helped me improve in many factors - speed, power, experience, the mental game; how I see the fight game is different.