Boxing Quotes
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By the time I retire, I will have fought the best. I will have made my money. Maybe I'll be a boxing commentator. I'll go back to school, definitely. I already have a plan. My life's set. I'll be on an island, married, playing golf in the sun. That will be my life.
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Boxing is a buzz, but I went into it to make a living. I wasn't going to go into the ring and get punched in the head for the fun of it.
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I try to keep it in a very low impact - I have scoliosis, so exercises can be really hard on my back, whether it's too much running, jumping or boxing. I'll do those things once in a while, but I keep it mostly Pilates, resistance-band based, softer exercises that build strength from inside the muscle.
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world.
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I could have 10 kids or be boxing until I'm 40.
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In boxing, if you think you will lose..you're already halfway there.
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Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing.
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I've grown up with Bollywood, and I continue to enjoy it. But boxing remains my passion.
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As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think about coming back, but I am retired, and after speaking to my family and following a great deal of introspection, I have decided to stay retired.
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Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the rest of your life.
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Oh, my gosh! Can you imagine learning boxing from Sylvester Stallone's character? I would die!
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With amateur boxing, you're just entered into a competition. And to be the best, you've got to beat the best. You're not waiting around to get these fights organised.
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The more you learn about the science of boxing, the more appreciation you have for man's ability to think and perform in violent situations, and that's what interests me in film.
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I think guys that play basketball really understand how to go up and get a ball. Because in a rebound situation, you've got to go up and fight for a ball. Just boxing out. There are a lot of things that transfer.
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Teofilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in boxing.
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The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified.
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Boxing gyms are more than training facilities. They are sanctuaries in bad neighborhoods for troubled kids and shrines to the traditions of the sport. The gym is home. For many, it's the safest place they know.
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When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.
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I just like boxing.
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
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Football, like boxing, will never go away, just occupy a different role in the American zeitgeist.
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Unseen, in the background, Fate was quietly slipping the lead into the boxing-glove.
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I took boxing classes and karate when I was young.
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
