Boxers Quotes

• We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has

  Clint Eastwood

  Know How, Knows

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• A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Philosophical, Philosopher, Debate

  "Personal Recollections" by Rush Rhees, Ch. 6, (Conversation of 1930), 1981.

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• Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.

  Jack Lynch

  Communication, Style, Pepsi

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• How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.

  Mike Tyson

  Motivational, Skills, Boxing

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  I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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• A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.

  Gene Tunney

  Exercise, Body

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• 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.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Sports, Determination

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 10, 2014

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• I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Strong, Fighter, Tall

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Apr 20, 2015

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• Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

  Muhammad Ali

  Hate, Inspiration, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Sep 02, 2013

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• Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Fighting, Hands

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• In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

  Eddie Murphy

  Basketball, Character, Player

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• If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.

  Olivier Martinez

  Actors, Compare, Profession

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• If you would be just as content winning a local Golden Gloves fight as you would making a pile of money as a professional, then fine, go become a boxer. But if the whole idea is for you to get rich, my God, stay in school and learn a profession.

  Gerald McRaney

  School, Fighting, Winning

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• Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.

  John McCain

  United States, Defense, Today

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. October 18, 2010.

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• I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep.

  Laura Prepon

  Sleep, Clothes, Bed

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• I've never had sex with boxers on and it's an odd thing to watch actors do. That's not saying I haven't tried... I just don't recommend it!

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Sex, Actors, Odd Things

  "Love & Other Drugs - Jake Gyllenhaal interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit.

  Olivier Martinez

  Quitting, I Quit

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• The man who has no imagination has no wings.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Dec 05, 2010

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• My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.

  Olivier Martinez

  Brother, Father, Years

  "Olivier Martinez: Liberté, Egalité, Sensualité - Enter a New International Heartthrob". Interview with Vince Passaro, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 2002.

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• I'm into a casual-dressing girl: blue jeans and a tank top is super sexy. But the sexiest thing on a girl - when I see it I'm like, oh my God - is these little tight boxers. Don't get me wrong, g-strings are fine, but those cover a little, to where it's just enough.

  Jensen Ackles

  Girl, Sexy, Blue

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• Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

  Mike Tyson

  Money, Failure, Boxing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Hurt, Thinking

  Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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• If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit Nijinsky? And why isn't there a campaign against ballet? It gives girls thick legs

  A. J. Liebling

  Girl, Crazy, Boxing

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• 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.

  Cus D'Amato

  Determination, Character, Boxing

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  Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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