Motivation Quotes - Page 35

• When I thought about it, I said "if you quit now, how you gonna explain to any other kid coming up that if something don't go their way, they're supposed to get up and go hard at it next time?" You can't if you quit.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Kids, Way, Next

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• Every fighter should really do that if they can, because if you build a fan base at home first, then once they receive you at home, it'll be easier to be received elsewhere.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Motivational, Home, Boxing

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• I hope that not one of them ever wanna even think about boxing.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Thinking, Boxing, Fighter

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• I can get a title shot any time I want to. They know I can beat 110% of the champions out there right now. I just have to be motivated. Most of them are going to be trying to not give me a shot.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Giving, Champion, Trying

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• We're in Madison Square Garden, I can't let you beat me in Madison Square Garden, are you serious!?

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Garden, Squares, Serious

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• I had to hold my tongue from since, when I got here til when I was about 22 years old. I ain't holding my tongue no more. So it's best that I don't get no manager, don't get no promoter cos' they're the people tryna tell me what do.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Years, People, Tongue

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• That was probably the most important fight of my career...he was this crazy guy, who acted like most adults that I knew as a kid, and I knew right away by him being so crazy and wild and quick tempered, I was gonna get under his skin and aggravate the heck out of him. And that's exactly what I did.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Crazy, Kids, Fighting

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• The knockouts did not change me as a fighter. I was more of a boxer as a heavyweight. The problem was when I came back to light heavyweight, I lost all of the muscle and I lost all of the energy. I was going for the knockout because I didn't want to go the whole 12 rounds because my body was tired. I couldn't understand why my body was tired and it didn't dawn on me until now.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Tired, Light, Heavyweights

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• I was concerned about them. I mean, it feels good but I was concerned about them.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Mean, Feel Good, Fighter

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• I don't know if I'm the best Pound-For-Pound fighter ever. I know I'm close. I gotta be Top 5.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Pounds, Fighter, Knows

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• I got some real rough dental work done not long ago, and my mouth's still numb right here [points to the left side of his chin]. So it kind of messes with my speech a little bit, so don't y'all think that I took too many cos I haven't.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Real, Thinking, Long Ago

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• It was a tough situation. A fight that nobody expected to end so abruptly for him because he was really a great fighter. I felt sorry for him and I knew it could happen to anybody. And it could happen to any of us at any time. So when I was in a position to help him, I did what I could to help him.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Sorry, Fighting, Helping

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• I'm having a wonderful time in training. It's so funny because you go through ups and you go through downs. People have to realize that my career started on a down. I got ripped off a Gold Medal at the Olympics but it didn't stop me and it made me a better person.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Careers, People, Training

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• There's no way a fighter should fight and put his life on the line, and a promoter makes more money than he makes.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Fighting, Lines, Way

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• One thing you gotta know about Roy. The way I always saw myself, is I'm just like you. In the ring, I have a gift...That gift ain't on the basketball court. That gift ain't at home. You understand me? That gift is in the ring.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Basketball, Home, Way

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• He just got his neck broke one time, I'm not tryna break his neck again, that's not what I fight for. I fight to have fun, not to hurt nobody.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Hurt, Fun, Fighting

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• If you go to Madison Square Garden, you better have your A game ready, because here goes the thing, they love boxing. They either like you, or they don't like you. They're either cheering for you, or they're cheering for you to die...They want you to kill, or be killed.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Cheer, Garden, Squares

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• There's one thing I remember about Muhammad Ali. He said "I don't like my condition, but if this is what the Good Lord has planned for me to deal with, I'm happy with that." You have to understand, that comes from my idol, one of the guys that got me started in boxing.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Idols, Boxing, Guy

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• I'm not gonna box Ruiz...I don't box, I knock holes through people. I'm gonna cut Ruiz up. I'm gonna butcher him. He ain't gonna last five rounds. Either he winds up on the canvas or in the hospital. It's his choice.

  James Toney

  Cutting, Wind, People

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• I have always been ready to fight anybody out there, anytime, anywhere. I will knock them all over. My talent speaks for itself.

  James Toney

  Fighting, Fighter, Talent

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• Who's next! I got milk baby, who's next!

  James Toney

  Baby, Milk, Next

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• I don't like you. Why you walk up on me dawg!?, I don't like you, I don't like you.

  James Toney

  Dawgs, Fighter, Like You

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• I don't care who wins, I'll fight either one of them. As a matter of fact, I'll fight them both on the same night if they want.

  James Toney

  Fighting, Night, Winning

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• My birthday was Monday, now I finally get to go home and enjoy it with some Burger King. Here I come baby! Burger King! Burger King!

  James Toney

  Baby, Monday, Kings

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• Talk to Bob Arum, cos he's my man. Don King kiss my ass!

  James Toney

  Kings, Kissing, Men

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