Top 1200 Boxing Gloves Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?

No one's going to hold your hand in the boxing business. And the people who do end up ripping you off.

I liked just being with you. I liked the way you breathed when you were asleep. I liked when you took the champagne glass from my hand. I liked how your fingers were always too long for your gloves.

When I first started boxing, I said that I'd fight in The Olympics, become world champion, and retire undefeated.

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

I saw a chance to make the 1988 Olympic boxing team and forgot all about football.

Alvarez is the biggest name in boxing. I'm looking forward to pitting my wits against one of the best in the sport.

Growing up in Baltimore, there were a lot of distractions. But I was so into boxing, it was like candy to me.

There's so much pressure on becoming the next Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, and if you don't achieve that in boxing, you're nothing.

If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

My parents taught me good standards, and I feel like I'm taking it to the boxing realm.

I train in Muay Thai, kickboxing, traditional boxing, wrestling, jiujitsu, and a little bit of judo.

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that.

Boxing is an all year round sport. You never know when they're going to call you, so you got to stay ready.

My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have done throughout my life.

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.

I had a dream as a young boy to be Olympic champion in boxing, and that's what I focused on with my father - making it a reality.

I'm a boxer, and every fight could be my last. You just have to remember Michael Watson to know what boxing can do to you.

We used tea towels for gloves until we got proper ones and were always breaking our mum's ornaments. She'd come home and find us all sat in our boxer shorts, out of breath and our skin red raw. She hated it.

I would be a dumb guy to say I don't like MMA because it's not boxing. You just have to appreciate everything.

We need to get more people watching boxing. I love this sport and anything we can do to help it is great.

Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.

For the majority of my amateur boxing career, I was the underdog weirdly enough and that served me well.

Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

For me, growing up, I'd always been a part of team sports, except for when I was boxing.

If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it.

I love black leggings with cowboy (I mean cowgirl!) boots, and other-slightly less trendy-things like my boys' Wrangler jeans and my husband's worn deerskin work gloves. I love most things country, because country, to me, is home.

I think deerskin work gloves are the answer to everything. You can give them to someone who gardens or someone who works outside. And you can give them to someone who grills; they're great for grilling. I wear them all the time, 24/7.

Boxing is going to have to catch up with the kind of things UFC is doing. They're getting left behind.

One of the reasons boxing is one of the greatest things to happen to my life is because it made me human again.

There's only a few people in the country who have as much experience on the boxing scene as my father, especially at world level.

I'm very physical. I grew up boxing. I've done almost all of my own stunts in movies and in television.

This is no ordinary nine to five day job and I have a 24/7 in terms of my boxing and my career as a professional sportsman.

Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

When I left boxing in 1977 to be a preacher, I couldn't make a fist after I learned about Jesus Christ.

I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time.

Boxing has been great for me because it's, like, my new sport, so it's something that I can get better at.

Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.

I saw on HBO they were advertising a boxing match "It's a fight to the finish". That's a good place to end.

Boxing is a buzz, but I went into it to make a living. I wasn't going to go into the ring and get punched in the head for the fun of it.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting.

Auditioning is like boxing: It keeps me hungry and intense, whether I get the part or not.

I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that.

As much as I love to watch movies, nothing beats being ringside for a championship fight in boxing.

We're prizefighters. That's what we become. Boxing has one of the biggest purses in sport. And in the sporting field, we probably make the most money.

I'm a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.

Diesel coming down with shades, being seven feet tall with an all-black outfit on and the gloves; The Rock when he was wearing $800 Versace shirts; and Stone Cold, obviously, with the way he carried himself and the way he spoke and holding the microphone - these are the things that made me want to become a pro wrestler.

Eubank is tough, he's game, he's strong. He's just like his dad. But he struggles with the boxing bit.

I'd love to have a chance to fight in the World Series Boxing for women, but nothing has been done about that.

I never compare myself to anybody. I don't look at my accomplishments compared to anyone. I'm happy with what I've accomplished in boxing.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

Boxing is all about timing. And if you take long periods of inactivity, you will be made to pay the price.

You're clearing your mind during a workout. Boxing is a great sport for girls; it's really safe.

When the amalgam is delivered to your dentist in a special protective box, he has to take extreme caution when handling the stuff: with masks, gloves, gowns, goggles, all needed to protect him from danger. He then drills your teeth and rams the mixture into your cavities, whereupon it becomes miraculously, instantly safe!

As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.

When I see wrestlers fight, they train a lot of boxing because they don't want to end up on bottom.

I think open-scoring should be a part of boxing so the public doesn't walk away with a bad feeling.