Boxing Quotes - Page 4

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

  Alan Cooper

  Mirrors, Noses, Excuse

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• My power is discombobulatingly devastating.

  Mike Tyson

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• There ain't nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. It's more exciting than looking down a cliff.

  George Foreman

  Guy, Ears, Whispering

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

  Jerry O'Connell

  Nuts, Kangaroos

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

  Lennox Lewis

  Sports, Creating, Opponents

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Sophia Bush

  Body, Way, Fierce

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

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• In boxing, everybody has their favorites.

  Thomas Hearns

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• 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.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Kids, Golf

  Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. July 16, 2012.

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• It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

  Muhammad Ali

  Life, Motivational, Believe

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2010

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• When I got up I stuck to my plan - stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.

  Randall Cobb

  Funny, Faces, Stumbling

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• Mr. Cooper, have you looked in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?

  Henry Cooper

  Mirrors, Noses, States

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• 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.

  Larry Holmes

  Fighting, Thinking, Exhibitions

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• There is no fighter smarter than me.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Fighter, Smarter

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• I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No, I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander. I'm the best ever! There's never been anybody as ruthless! I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!

  Mike Tyson

  Children, Fear, Heart

  YouTube Chanel "sheltonn"/ "Mike Tyson" (Interview with Jim Gray), www.youtube.com. February 5, 2006.

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• I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost

  Frank Bruno

  Funny, Winning, Lost

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• I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right.

  Marlon Starling

  Funny, Fighting, Olympic Games

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• But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.

  Roone Arledge

  People, News, Ears

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• I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Self Confidence, Vanity

  Twitter post from Jul 15, 2010

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• Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.

  Tommy Farr

  Funny, Names, Noses

  "Wales' greatest US bouts: Tommy Farr", BBC Sport, March 31, 2008.

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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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• The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

  Bob Fitzsimmons

  Motivational, Fall, Street Fighter

  "Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs". Book edited by Jennifer Speake, p. 26, 2015.

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• When you saw me in the boxing ring fighting, it wasn't just so I could beat my opponent. My fighting had a purpose. I had to be successful in order to get people to listen to the things I had to say.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Fighting, Successful

  Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Paul Haggis

  Dream, Fighting, Magic

  "Million Dollar Baby". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• The Glory is the issue to me. Money comes and goes, but a legacy stays forever. I hate to lose

  Shane Mosley

  Hate, Issues, Forever

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• Do you recognise me?" he asked. Willie looked hard and considered before finally replying "Lie down so I can recognise you.

  Willie Pep

  Funny, Lying, Recognise You

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