Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Lionel Rose

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian boxer Lionel Rose.

Last updated on November 15, 2024.

Lionel Edmund Rose MBE was an Australian bantamweight boxer, the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title. He later became the first Indigenous Australian to be named Australian of the Year.

Australian - Boxer | June 21, 1948 - May 8, 2011

Source: Wikipedia

I'm going to win it for my country. I'm the first Aboriginal to win this. Isn't that something? I wish my Dad was alive to see it. He'd be as proud as I am.

Lionel Rose

I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a bit of travelling and visited various communities throughout Victoria. To see the way that my people looked at me and to know that I made a difference to them was an honour.

Lionel Rose

Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Lionel Rose

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