Boxing Quotes

“Boxing is an imitation of life. You get knocked down and you get back up. You don't quit no matter how dark it gets, or whatever adversity passes your way. You just got to keep biting down and fighting, coming up the other side and not quitting, no matter what.”

“Boxing gives you such a good workout, although I've stopped sparring. When your hand speed goes, you're going to get caught, and you can't afford to take cumulative smacks on the chops when you're a writer.”

“I was born with a flat nose, that's not because of boxing.”

“Boxing is like a cockroach, a shark. It survives.”

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

“When I came back to Mumbai after boarding school, I was 16 and I picked up weight training and yoga. This is when I also started dance classes and Pilates and then I started doing different workouts every month. I am now proficient in kick boxing, gymnastics, classical dance as well as yoga.”

“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.”

“I'm very confident in myself and in my ability, but in boxing there's always the unknown.”

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

“MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills.”

“I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.”

“Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to get advice from Muhammad Ali, was privileged. He's always given me time to ask questions, although I was so in awe that I didn't ask questions.”

“I wish my memory weren't so bad. They tell me it's from all the football and boxing and the concussions that I got.”

“Before boxing I was a car salesman but I was horrible at it and had to make a living elsewhere.”

“I just felt I had done enough in the sport to put my stamp on boxing.”

“Boxing is a part of my life but it's only a small part.”

“Over the years, I have used my podium to criticize judges who I felt were either incompetent or corrupt in rendering decisions in the sport of boxing. I felt it was my responsibility to say something when their actions were hurting the fighters and chasing away fans.”

“I'm putting everything I have into my boxing career so I get everything out of it I possibly can.”

“My mum is the opposite of my dad. She's a very private person, very shy and totally against boxing. She never watched any of my fights live. She hated me doing it.”

“I'm in the boxing game to be a champion. That's why I'm in boxing.”