Evander Holyfield Quotes About Boxing

Quotes about: Boxing

• Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living.

  Evander Holyfield

  Sports, Giving Up, Fighting

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

• It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

  Evander Holyfield

  Motivational, Sports, Volleyball

• A champion shows who he is by what he does.

  Evander Holyfield

  Motivational, Boxing, Champion

  Twitter post from Jan 2, 2017

• A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

  Evander Holyfield

  Motivational, Sports, Boxing

  FaceBook post by Evander Holyfield from May 16, 2016

• 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

  Mistake, Boxing, Dancing

  "Evander Holyfield: Gets Ready For Dancing with the Stars, Tyson, Steroids". Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. May 27, 2005.

• A sight game is that I am hurt, but I aim to make you believe I am not even hurt, and with this confidence appearing on my face, I don't panic, otherwise your opponent will know that you are hurt. That's the whole art game in boxing.

  Evander Holyfield

  Art, Hurt, Believe

• They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn't show it. In 2000, they didn't show it. In 2004, they didn't show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would think the United States didn't have a boxing team in 2008.

  Evander Holyfield

  Team, Thinking, Boxing

  "Holyfield: 'I just believe that I can'". Interview with Bryan Armen Graham, www.si.com. January 21, 2011.

• You cannot let something deter you from giving someone a rematch unless you are going to retire. If you are going to retire, go ahead, but if not, you need to do what you are going to do. You do not have to keep playing with the game of boxing. If you are going to fight, fight.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Boxing, Giving

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.

  Evander Holyfield

  Sports, Years, Boxing

  "Holyfield: 'I just believe that I can'". Interview with Bryan Armen Graham, www.si.com. January 21, 2011.

• I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions.

  Evander Holyfield

  Boxing, Decision, Ears

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

• 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.

  Evander Holyfield

  Years, Games, Boxing

• 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

  Mistake, Boxing, Dancing

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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