Boxing Quotes - page 3

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali. (Dick Schaap)
My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape. View quote
Diego Corrales
Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen. View quote
Dustin Diamond
Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics. View quote
Gerry Cooney
Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh. View quote
Gerry Cooney
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on. View quote
Gerry Cooney
A boxing workout is the heaviest thing, but it's the best. The worst part is that boxing gyms are the smelliest things in the universe. You have to lie down on the floor, where everyone has been sweating and spitting, and do 1,000 situps and push-ups. View quote
Gael Garcia Bernal
I love boxing, and boxing has always been my favorite sport. I was always into it, and I boxed recreationally all of my life. View quote
Holt McCallany
I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up', 'Fat City and Hard Times'. I just loved those films. View quote
Holt McCallany
I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time. View quote
Jerry Ferrara
Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football. (John Boyle O'Reilly)
In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators. View quote
Joseph Barbera
At noon I get to the gym to do my boxing workout. Three hours there. Rest. Once in a while I get a massage, because I need it once in while. View quote
Juan Manuel Marquez
My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing. View quote
Lennie James
I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up. View quote
Lily Aldridge
I'm a huge boxing fan. I love the strategy and the combat. View quote
Mark McGrath
There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great. View quote
Marvin Hagler
Well I am grooming him, he has a boxing trainer that knows what he is talking about, and once he has that he is able to put everything together and he listens, and when somebody listens they are able to accomplish anything. View quote
Michael Moorer
The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free. View quote
Mika
I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough. View quote
Olivier Martinez
I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks. (Omar Epps)
I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid. View quote
Robert Goulet
But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club. View quote
Rod Taylor
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. View quote
Roone Arledge
I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. View quote
Sung Hi Lee