Quotes about Boxing

Boxing has become America's tragic theater. Votes: 5

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment. Votes: 4

Boxing is your father's sport. Votes: 3

Boxing is show-business with blood. Votes: 3

Boxing is what pays my bills. Votes: 3

That computer was made in Alabama Votes: 3

Boxing is just show business with blood. Votes: 3

Boxing is not for killing each other. Votes: 3

Boxing is drama on its grandest scale. Votes: 3

I've always wanted to do a boxing movie. Votes: 3

Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder. Votes: 3

Don't count the days, make the days count. Votes: 3

Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey. Votes: 3

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance. Votes: 3

Boxing won't retire me, I will retire from boxing. Votes: 3

Boxing is always serious. Nothing comical or funny about boxing. Votes: 3

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed. Votes: 3

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed Votes: 3

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. Votes: 3

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people. Votes: 3

Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire. Votes: 3

Boxing is rough. Even if you win, you get hurt. Votes: 3

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. Votes: 3

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. Votes: 3

Boxing, jiu-jitsu, scaling the Matterhorn... I did cardio before cardio was cool. Votes: 3

Boxing should probably be banned. But until then, I'm a big fan. Votes: 3

Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one. Votes: 3

Boxing is a rather amorphous body, though recognizable because it is headless Votes: 3

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for. Votes: 3

Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent. Votes: 3

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing. Votes: 3

Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness. Votes: 3

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it. Votes: 3

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. Votes: 3

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century. Votes: 3

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. Votes: 3

I don't promote boxing, I promote people. Boxing is a catalyst to bring people together. Votes: 3

Boxing and wrestling are evidence that mankind has not rid itself of all savage behavior. Votes: 3

For me, boxing isn't about hurting each other. Boxing is entertainment and making people happy. Votes: 3

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess. Votes: 3

Boxing's not a career for anyone: it doesn't last long enough to be a career. Votes: 3

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. Votes: 3

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up Votes: 3

Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics. Votes: 3

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up. Votes: 3

Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious. Votes: 3

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other. Votes: 3

It's hard to know what's gay in life. Boxing. That's two men fighting over a belt. Votes: 3

Boxing is a great exercise ... as long as you can yell "cut" whenever you want to. Votes: 3

Boxing's all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds. Votes: 3

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable. Votes: 3

Boxing is a lot of preparation and then improvising, so there are parallels to being an actor. Votes: 3

Boxing is so loose and flowy, and martial arts is more stiff, and about strength and structure. Votes: 3

Boxing is a place where, if you haven't done the training, that's going to be exposed very quickly. Votes: 3

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost. Votes: 3

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost Votes: 3

Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do. Votes: 3

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves. Votes: 3

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass. Votes: 3

I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that. Votes: 3

I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot. Votes: 3

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume. Votes: 3

I've been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all my life. Boxing, kickboxing. I'm definitely not a fighter, but I defend my honor. Votes: 3

Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win. Votes: 3

Boxing is going to have to catch up with the kind of things UFC is doing. They're getting left behind. Votes: 3

Boxing's given me the chance to travel around the world and open the door and the world is much brighter. Votes: 3

Hopefully, some day I help some of this up-and-coming talent and promote them. Boxing is growing and is here to stay. Votes: 3

Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours? Votes: 3

It's all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing. You blink your eyes and somebody says good night to you. Votes: 3

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. Votes: 3

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book. Votes: 3

Boxing is the gift I have been given for whatever reason and I'd love to honour God in everything I do. Votes: 3

My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape. Votes: 3

Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the fight before Tyson took a second helping Votes: 3

Boxing is an all year round sport. You never know when they're going to call you, so you got to stay ready. Votes: 3

The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men. Votes: 3

Boxing is really hard because you have to be in really good shape to have all those rules and just using your hands. Votes: 3

Bullfighting can be an art Boxing can be an art Loving can be an art Opening a can of sardines can be an art Votes: 3

Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Boxing is made for film - there is corruption, violence, tragedy and the chance that the underdog can catch the champion with one lucky punch. Votes: 3

I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks Votes: 3

Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the victor. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Boxing has been the most difficult thing I've ever done. The biggest challenge in my life. I was a boxer. That was hard. Everything else is pretty easy. Votes: 3

Boxing's not that straightforward,” said Eldric. "You can practice and practice, but the real experience will always be different. Lots of things are like that, actually. Votes: 3

Boxing is really an art form. It might just look like two people beating each other up, but when you look closer, it's actually quite beautiful and interesting. Votes: 3

Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw punches with bad intentions. Votes: 3

Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it. Votes: 3

Boxing has been in my blood since I can remember. It comes naturally to me, and I've enjoyed it ever since I started, at the age of six. Votes: 3

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people. Votes: 3

I respect most boxers because they're violent people who learned to discipline themselves ... a good boxer is an artist ... Boxing is existential - some fights are better than others. Votes: 3

People think that boxing is all about how hard you can hit your opponent. It's not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going. Votes: 3

Boxing is a sport, but it's also entertainment. I wanted to transcend the sport and be considered just not as a fighter, or a champion, but someone very special. Votes: 3

If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such. Votes: 3

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning. Votes: 3

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 Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the rest of your life. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero. Votes: 3

Boxing is the only sport where you have the audience coming right up to you and saying, "You Stink." And you got to deal with that. It's like being in front of the lions. Votes: 3

Boxing was on the one hand barbaric, unconscionable, out of place in modern society. But then, so are war, racism, poverty, and pro football. Men died boxing, yet there was nobility in defending oneself. Votes: 3

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.' Votes: 3

I forget the derivation of Boxing Day, but the feeling of wanting to invite your loved ones outside one at a time and punch them in the face, does that come into it somewhere? Votes: 3

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out. Votes: 3

Boxing is not brutal, it's an art - God has gifted me with incredible handspeed as a tool to be used - what else am I supposed to do but fight? There ain't no hand-racing competitions. Votes: 3

Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us. Votes: 3

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley. Votes: 3

Boxing changed my life. It's like a drug; you can't believe how great it is! Let me tell you something, you hit somebody on the chin, the guy goes down, the crowd roars...Wow! You really feel something! Votes: 3

The NBA has a voice that's why they have a lockout. The NFL has a voice that's why they had a lockout. Boxing is the only sport that's individually represented the individual people - Managers, Promoters and Boxers. Votes: 3

Boxing is a science. You don't just walk into a gym and start punching. Fighters are born with differences in physical ability, but you also see a big difference in their skills. That's the trainers influence at work. Votes: 3

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. Votes: 3

Boxing's an art, it's a science, and you don't go out to knock people out. If they happen to get knocked out, they happen to run into one of these bricks by mistake [looks at his fists], that's their fault. Votes: 3

Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them various things or to give them dignity, pride and self-help. I have to help the dope and prostitution problem. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. On the downside, you meet a lot of really bad people in boxing, at all stages of your career. Votes: 3

Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you'd ever hear the news. Votes: 3

Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best. Votes: 3

Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job. Votes: 3

I'm not a tough guy or a good fighter at all. [Boxing] is just a great way to work out that's not boring. It's also good for your mental health. If you have an Irish or Scottish last name you should definitely do it. Votes: 3

Boxing is a great way to vent. I don't know if there is a better way, I think for women too. There is something so primal about it and it's the best exercise in the world, even if you don't ever get in the ring. Votes: 3

Boxing kept me out of the streets, by giving me something to do. And it gave me a father figure in the coach that was there for me. I just reiterated what my mother was trying to teach me about focusing and getting my life together. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Showing Is Better Than Telling. Votes: 1

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible Votes: 1

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won. Votes: 1

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free. Votes: 1

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God. Votes: 1

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Votes: 1

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it. Votes: 1

Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that. Votes: 1

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other Votes: 1

I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.' Votes: 1

People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons. Votes: 1

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, Let's go Votes: 1

You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there's only two fighters the people want to see fight. Two little fellows, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. Votes: 1

Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life. Votes: 1

I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone. Votes: 1

All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied. Votes: 1

Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football. Votes: 1

In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, 'This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for'. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost. Votes: 1

Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older. Votes: 1

I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. Votes: 1

Rocky' is a movie that just happens to be about boxing. It's really about characters and story lines and relationships and all those things, and the backdrop is boxing. You can go back and watch the final fight in 'Rocky' a thousand times. If you dig that movie, if you like the characters, you'll watch the whole movie over and over. Votes: 1

I grew up with an impatience with the anti-scientific. So I'm a bit miffed with our current love affair with all things Eastern. If I sneeze on the set, 40 people hand me echinacea. But I'd no sooner take that than eat a pencil. Maybe that's why I took up boxing. It's my response to men in white pajamas feeling each other's chi. Votes: 1

Rhythm is everything in boxing... Votes: 0

I always put my boxing first. Votes: 0

In boxing, everybody has their favorites. Votes: 0

With me, boxing's a beautiful sport. Votes: 0

I've always boxed, I always taught boxing. Votes: 0

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing. Votes: 0

One of my all-time favorite workouts is boxing. Votes: 0

Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage. Votes: 0

And we have a new era in boxing! Votes: 0

I knew boxing before I knew anything else. Votes: 0

When my title was taken away boxing died. Votes: 0

My writing is nothing, my boxing is everything. Votes: 0

Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing Votes: 0

There's nothing like boxing for getting you in shape. Votes: 0

Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing. Votes: 0

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible. Votes: 0

Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it. Votes: 0

I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. Votes: 0

I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. Votes: 0

This fight isn't about boxing, it's something deeper than that. Votes: 0

I think my greatest achievement in boxing is my following. Votes: 0

I represent boxing. I represent the old school. That's me. Votes: 0

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won. Votes: 0

I've been boxing for 25 years and I need exciting fights. Votes: 0

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing. Votes: 0

Battle rap is a culture. That's boxing, it's like boxing. Votes: 0

I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting. Votes: 0

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption. Votes: 0

I sometimes say I am in a relationship with boxing, Votes: 0

It's only boxing, don't worry about it. Let's get it on! Votes: 0

In all my years in boxing I'd never known such heat Votes: 0

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid. Votes: 0

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection. Votes: 0

Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth. Votes: 0

I've never had any intentions of taking a break (from boxing). Votes: 0

Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. Votes: 0

Some people that don't see it as palatable, they shouldn't watch boxing. Votes: 0

I've always loved boxing. It's something I've always been extremely excited about. Votes: 0

Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner. Votes: 0

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing. Votes: 0

Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly. Votes: 0

In boxing, if you think you will lose..you're already halfway there. Votes: 0

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance. Votes: 0

I love boxing! Working out is calming and helps clear my mind. Votes: 0

Politics is like boxing "” you try to knock out your opponents. Votes: 0

I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing. Votes: 0

It's the hurt business, it's boxing. We're there to get it in. Votes: 0

Sexy boxing is something that takes away from the brutality of boxing. Votes: 0

The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness. Votes: 0

I personally hate to fight, but I love the science of boxing. Votes: 0

I do actually use a boxing trainer when I train for stand-up. Votes: 0

I'm a huge boxing fan. I love the strategy and the combat. Votes: 0

Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove. Votes: 0

Writing is like shadow boxing. Editing is when the shadows fight back. Votes: 0

Even while modeling, I was still practicing kung fu and boxing as sports. Votes: 0

Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills. Votes: 0

Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing. Votes: 0

There is just one rule about boxing: never bet on the white guy. Votes: 0

Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing. Votes: 0

The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees. Votes: 0

Rocky Marciano stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump. Votes: 0

I started boxing late but I've always been a fighter all my life. Votes: 0

I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion. Votes: 0

The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register. Votes: 0

I hope that not one of them ever wanna even think about boxing. Votes: 0

In boxing, you never know who you're going to face in the ring. Votes: 0

All boxing experts told Helenius is the next world champion! Chisora beat him. Votes: 0

I love boxing. There's something fierce about using your body's force that way. Votes: 0

In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged. Votes: 0

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification. Votes: 0

Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing. Votes: 0

People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match. Votes: 0

With kangaroos, you say 'Sit!' and they start boxing with you. They're nuts! Votes: 0

I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing. Votes: 0

I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. Votes: 0

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something. Votes: 0

I love the whole world of boxing and the sense of community that exists there. Votes: 0

Maybe with boxing and good focus, I can fix myself and make my mother proud. Votes: 0

The key to anything in boxing and life is sticking to it. Never give up. Votes: 0

I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone. Votes: 0

Theres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest Votes: 0

I started boxing one day a week to experience aggression, which has been really interesting. Votes: 0

Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way. Votes: 0

Most importantly fighters in my day knew the most important art in boxing - feinting. Votes: 0

There's always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing. Votes: 0

MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world. Votes: 0

I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting. Votes: 0

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. Votes: 0

I've grown up with Bollywood, and I continue to enjoy it. But boxing remains my passion. Votes: 0

What is the world but a boxing ring where fools and devils put up their fists? Votes: 0

Chess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy. Votes: 0

But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club. Votes: 0

Sugar Ray wouldn't give me a rematch, and that's the reason I walked away from boxing. Votes: 0

Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me. Votes: 0

With experience in boxing, you learn how to be a scientific boxer and how to fight easy. Votes: 0

[David Haye] is the biggest diva that boxing has ever seen, I could not believe the demands. Votes: 0

I wouldn't recommend [boxing] to any child of mine. I would rather he played golf or something. Votes: 0

I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age. Votes: 0

I'm always having fun in training and in boxing. I think it's because boxing is my passion. Votes: 0

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. Votes: 0

I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time. Votes: 0

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. Votes: 0

When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million. Votes: 0

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him. Votes: 0

When I'm boxing, if my career isn't going well, at least I feel mentally and physically strong. Votes: 0

You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing. Votes: 0

To me, boxing isn't about the other person. It's about me. My inner struggles. It works for me. Votes: 0

I started athletics in 1999, throwing discus and shot put. I didn't tell my family when I started boxing. Votes: 0

Asking the legal system to resolve divorce is like asking a boxing coach to be our marriage counselor. Votes: 0

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches. Votes: 0

I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves. Votes: 0

The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match. Votes: 0

I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life. Votes: 0

My favorite was going as a boxer when I was 9 years old and wearing my dad's boxing gear. Votes: 0

I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas. Votes: 0

I'm back in Boston. I own an outdoor deck hockey rink, and I own a boxing gym here also. Votes: 0

I once fisted two babies and then used the corpses as boxing gloves to fight off the grieving parents. Votes: 0

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight. Votes: 0

When you spar in boxing, the only thing that gets hurt is your brain. Everything else feels pretty good. Votes: 0

He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem. Votes: 0

The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you Votes: 0

I had always wanted to play a boxer, all of my life. I grew up watching great boxing films. Votes: 0

I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it. Votes: 0

I'm a boxing junkie, a serial-killer junkie, and a classical guitar junkie. All of these guys are great, poetic references. Votes: 0

I got [Muhammad Ali's boxing shorts] for $40 at an auction. Nobody wanted them. I have them framed in my house. Votes: 0

I'm very physical. I grew up boxing. I've done almost all of my own stunts in movies and in television. Votes: 0

I'm not really a gambler, but I'll bet on the Super Bowl or some boxing. Something I feel comfortable with. Votes: 0

I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since. Votes: 0

I am the biggest face of boxing right now. That's how I feel. I am the greatest of this era. Votes: 0

When I left boxing in 1977 to be a preacher, I couldn't make a fist after I learned about Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life. Votes: 0

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing. Votes: 0

Never let go of a good thing without a fight. Especially if that good thing is a pair of boxing gloves. Votes: 0

You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie. Votes: 0

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble. Votes: 0

I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know. Votes: 0

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. Votes: 0

On the perfect night there is nothing more transcendent or terrifying than boxing. It's the ultimate representation of the guilty pleasure. Votes: 0

For the last years now I've had my own academy where I train Brazilian Jujitsu and Tae boxing, Muay Thai everyday. Votes: 0

If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it. Votes: 0

There's only one rule anyone connected with boxing must keep in mind - everything you here in boxing is a lie. Votes: 0

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons. Votes: 0

Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler. Votes: 0

Go figure a crazy, mixed-up country where ballet outsells boxing. I wouldn't be surprised if their wrestling was on the level. Votes: 0

A boxing contest is a brain-damage contest. Who can give out more brain damage and who can absorb more of it? Votes: 0

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out. Votes: 0

There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy. Votes: 0

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing. Votes: 0

I've never boxed before in my life. I've had one day's training at a boxing gym, and it's an incredibly difficult sport. Votes: 0

My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have done throughout my life. Votes: 0

Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up. Votes: 0

It's like boxing a glacier. Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is. Votes: 0

The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport. Votes: 0

I put my money in property and I love merchandise; such as Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. It's about stability for the future. Votes: 0

I saw on HBO they were advertising a boxing match "It's a fight to the finish". That's a good place to end. Votes: 0

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man. Votes: 0

I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement. Votes: 0

We know it's being referred to as the robot boxing movie [Real Steel], but truth is, 70% of the movie is the relationships. Votes: 0

[On boxing] [For] The Chicago Code, I did some boxing. It makes you stand differently when you know you can punch someone out. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Don King is a damn sleezebag. King is nothing but a strong-arm man. He has taken his gangsterism and put it into boxing. Votes: 0

I also watched boxing all the time and Tuesday Night Fights on USA and just kept hitting my heavy back in the garage. Votes: 0

I had a few fights last year, but I need to take boxing lessons. I need to, because in the NHL it's required. Votes: 0

Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing. Votes: 0

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing. Votes: 0

The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses the two. Votes: 0

Anger, hate, blind temper, that crazy switch to destroy, all of it purified into discipline and control, the best side of boxing, Billy says. Votes: 0

When you're in a relationship, you're always surrounded by a ring of circumstances... joined together by a wedding ring, or in a boxing ring. Votes: 0

The professor at the boxing gymnasium wore mustaches and was very precise and jerky and went all to pieces if you started after him. Votes: 0

The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified. Votes: 0

In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock. Votes: 0

I love boxing. I like to see the strategizing. Watching the warriors go to work. I like that struggle, going out there and fighting. Votes: 0

The religion is a personal thing in my life and fighting in the ring, it's boxing. It's my profession. God always gives me strength. Votes: 0

People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling. Votes: 0

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that. Votes: 0

I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me. Votes: 0

I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college. Votes: 0

The biggest fight in my life is not in boxing. The biggest fight in my life is how to end poverty in my country. Votes: 0

When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie. Votes: 0

I love boxing, and boxing has always been my favorite sport. I was always into it, and I boxed recreationally all of my life. Votes: 0

My diet - I eat nutritionally-balanced meals. I work out. I do yoga. I love my yoga. I do boxing training because it's fun. Votes: 0

Whatever the fighting is - boxing, fighting, Judo, Thai boxing, it's how much you know doing that. Some people just know how some people move. Votes: 0

Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan. Votes: 0

There are too many governing bodies. They're all corrupt. I think they have replaced the old Mobsters with the kind of 'corporate rule' of boxing. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing. Votes: 0

I'm a big fan of spinning and yoga. To strengthen my core, kick-boxing is really effective. The resistance tones everything, and it's a great stress reliever. Votes: 0

I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing. Votes: 0

I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we do. Votes: 0

There's such a big buzz around boxing at the moment. Everything's happening and there's so much building up with a lot of young talent coming through. Votes: 0

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer. Votes: 0

Sued King for $100 million, alleging the boxing promoter cheated him out of millions over more than a decade. It was settled out of court for $14 million. Votes: 0

The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable is fair game. Votes: 0

No physical activity is so vain as boxing. A man gets into the ring to attract admiration. In no sport, therefore, can you be more humiliated. Votes: 0

Besides Scream, I liked The Purge. It stuck with me because it reminds me of boxing - you have 45 minutes to punch someone legally without consequence. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm really into boxing. I go to a gym and I'm friends with a trainer who's a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him. Votes: 0

When I had a boxing match, all I wanted to do was put the guy on his back. That's why I chose to chase after MMA. Votes: 0

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood. Votes: 0

That was a good fight back in the gym,” he said. “But I think you could benefit from a few more boxing lessons. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because they're ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didn't see coming. Votes: 0

When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box. Votes: 0

There's a confidence and a mental toughness that comes from the very highest level of competition, whatever the sport is. Whether it's boxing or wrestling, or whatever. Votes: 0

I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about the physical rigors of filmmaking. Votes: 0

I know my Beijing medal has been a watershed moment in the history of Indian boxing , but personally speaking, I would like to better it in London. Votes: 0

To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at times, that of carnival circuses. Votes: 0

In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing; you've always got a puncher's chance. Votes: 0

Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think when people twitter 20 or 30 times per day, that's too much. They are boxing everyone else out, and people stop following them because they need a break. Votes: 0

... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on. Votes: 0

As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I won't say I won't fight again but I don't think anyone wants to fight me so I am finished and I will just continue with boxing exhibitions. Votes: 0

I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. Its always been a part of me. Votes: 0

I think boxing is an incredible sport and I would like to see it really become regulated because I think it could bring back a lot of the past. Votes: 0

When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing. Votes: 0

I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. It's always been a part of me. Votes: 0

We all think we've got one more boxing match in us, and that, probably, will be the downfall of Floyd Mayweather, George Foreman, Manny Pacquiao. We'll overstay our welcome. Votes: 0

I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together. Votes: 0

I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football. Votes: 0

British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and anyone who loses his temper is disqualified. Votes: 0

I write movies, so - I look at boxing, and I commentated on it, as if I were telling you the story of a movie or a short story. Votes: 0

I understand boxing has been around for so long, and it's old money. The sport has such a history, I just don't understand how it's even a competition though. Votes: 0

If the boxers are a little more colorful, talk a little like I did and just do half as much as I did for boxing, it will be all right. Votes: 0

Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers Votes: 0

If I'm boxing, I'll probably have rap on, or something a little more angry. If I'm lifting, maybe some rock 'n' roll. If I'm doing some cardio, something fast paced. Votes: 0

I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak. Votes: 0

Thomas Hauser respects boxing and boxers. He gives readers insight into what happens in and out of the ring. Everything he writes is fair-minded and reality-based with a human touch. Votes: 0

To recognize that head injuries were as essential a part of football as they are of boxing would be to erase the fine distinction on which the game's respectability rested. Votes: 0

See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it. Votes: 0

It is up to the people and boxing fans to give me the respect I deserve once I have finished my career. I personally do not think about my legacy. Votes: 0

Let me hear the music. I'ma let the music instruct me on which way to go. Forwards, backwards, left, right. It's like boxing. I'm only as strong as my opponent. Votes: 0

The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life. Votes: 0

In boxing, you get hit, it's painful, then you sit on the stool when the adrenaline is gone and you feel that pain. And then you fight the next round. Votes: 0

I do believe he's the greatest, but forget about boxing - give that to Joe Louis, or somebody - I believe he's one of the greatest men I've ever met. Votes: 0

Las Vegas is the boxing capital. During a Floyd Mayweather fight weekend, you can shop, party, stay out late and do anything you want. The city of Las Vegas has everything. Votes: 0

I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my career as an actor. I made the right choice. Votes: 0

At noon I get to the gym to do my boxing workout. Three hours there. Rest. Once in a while I get a massage, because I need it once in while. Votes: 0

You need good coaches with a good gym that teach you the essentials, like boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and pretty much all the stuff that you need to be successful in MMA. Votes: 0

I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up. Votes: 0

My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book of essays appeared: it was compared to Muhammad Ali's style. Votes: 0

I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child, although it would be stupid for me to box. Votes: 0

The game's been good to me and I hope I've been good to the game. I'm 50 years old and I've pretty much did everything that I wanted to do in boxing. Votes: 0

I ran into a couple of guys who were boxers. They talked me into working out at their gym. I became obsessed with boxing and the idea of becoming a champion. Votes: 0

Mexican style of boxing training is different from what my father had trained me. It was good for me because it was an added knowledge, an addition to my boxing IQ. Votes: 0

The only thing on my mind is getting into that ring and destroying a boxing myth, someone who has reached a level of infamy through doing a number of stupid things. Votes: 0

Through Biblical times, there have been great women warriors and now the sport is so populated that these are the women warriors that we have today in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I took up boxing as a fitness thing. I got obsessed, and I would go every day when I wasn't working. It's just an insane sport when you get into it. Votes: 0

The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it. Votes: 0

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money. Votes: 0

Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin. Votes: 0

If you're dedicated to something and you put the time in, why should anyone have an opinion on it? Halif of the people who comment about women's boxing don't even watch it. Votes: 0

Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a training, discipline, and development of boys and young men remains. Votes: 0

When I came into boxing, when it was more out of control, no fighters got an opportunity to fight. I came in: everybody got an opportunity to make a living in America. Votes: 0

Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight. Votes: 0

I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was. Votes: 0

My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing. Votes: 0

I was a sportsman for years. I've always had a physical background. I've always had an interest in boxing and fighting. To get physical in films is a dream. I love it. Votes: 0

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best. Votes: 0

Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life. Votes: 0

For the most part, I think video games do a good job of capturing the essence of boxing. However, I'd like to continue to see them push the realism, emphasizing the skill involved. Votes: 0

My husband and I went to Bald Head Island for our four-year anniversary. We spent the night in bed with champagne, tequila and Krispy Kreme doughnuts and watched a boxing match on Showtime. Votes: 0

I don't think that boxing historians have been able to find a case in which a great fighter, or a fighter presumed to be a great fighter, came to such an ignominious end. Votes: 0

With the advent of chivalry, the art of boxing waned. The evolution of feudal aristocracy, with other and widely different exercises, pastimes and weapons from those of the common people, made boxing unfashionable. Votes: 0

There is boxing and then there is me. The rest are just falling in line behind me or are trying to get in line to fight me. And that includes Manny Pacquiao too. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I was also an only child and my father really wanted a son - he's from that generation - it was always about kung-fu theater on Sundays and boxing games on the weekend. Votes: 0

I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability. Votes: 0

Mike's (Tyson) punch is like an atomic bomb in that it is relative to nature. Both have no value unless you have a means of conveying it to the target. He is boxing-smart. Votes: 0

I don't watch TV dramas. I watch ESPN, HBO boxing, National Geographic Channel and I kind of like to get some DVDs, movies that I haven't seen and I just pop them in. Votes: 0

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough. Votes: 0

I love challenges, I love intensity, and I also like to challenge my mind. Believe it or not, boxing is not only about physical force. You use a lot of concentration; it's really mental. Votes: 0

The one thing I can't get enough of is boxing. I love sparring in the ring or just doing the training, and it's easily one of the most effective ways of keeping off fat. Votes: 0

I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing. Votes: 0

I try to find out what the guy's strengths and weaknesses are. Like in boxing, I'd be a counter-puncher. Whatever he does well, I try to take advantage of what he doesn't do well. Votes: 0

During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. It was after I retired from boxing that my true work began. Votes: 0

It would be hard to throw a punch to someone who wasn't a boxer, who wasn't in the ring, and who didn't have on a pair of boxing gloves and who hadn't been training. Votes: 0

People used to think of vocal music as boring choir stuff, once you figured out that you can do crazy beat-boxing, awesome bass lines (and) throw everything together, you just have really cool music. Votes: 0

If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you. Votes: 0

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations. Votes: 0

I like doing very high action things. Running, boxing, a lot of free weights. They're not heavy. I eat what I want, really, because I think that while you're working out you can eat better. Votes: 0

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Like it or not, Google and the Chinese government are stuck in a tense, long-term relationship, and can look forward to more high-stakes shadow-boxing in the netherworld of the world's most elaborate system of censorship. Votes: 0