Boxing Quotes: Inspiring Words from the World of the Sweet Science (Page 2)

"There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great"

Marvin Hagler, Athlete

"One thing I like about boxing is that I will not have to deal with the same kind of politics that I had to in skating. In boxing, it is not about your appearance, or how your costume looks, what color it is, or how much it costs"

Tonya Harding, Athlete

"Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit"

Evander Holyfield, Athlete

"A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat"

Sonny Liston, Athlete

"In boxing, everybody has their favorites"

Thomas Hearns, Athlete

"I lost my edge for boxing, I didn't put as much into it as I did before. I didn't run as far. I didn't train as hard. I didn't eat correctly. I started drinking a little bit every now and then"

Ken Norton, Athlete

"As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it"

Budd Schulberg, Writer

"Well I am grooming him, he has a boxing trainer that knows what he is talking about, and once he has that he is able to put everything together and he listens, and when somebody listens they are able to accomplish anything"

Michael Moorer, Athlete

"Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor"

Walter Hill, Director

"Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen"

Dustin Diamond, Actor

"I've always wanted to do a boxing movie"

Walter Hill, Director

"I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan"

Walter Hill, Director

"I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that"

Frank Bruno, Athlete

"Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world"

Frank Bruno, Athlete

"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him"

Jack Dempsey, Athlete

"Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport"

Dick Schaap, Journalist

"And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head"

Alicia Keys, Musician

"In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators"

Joseph Barbera, Cartoonist

"I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

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