Boxing Quotes
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For an hour every day, I did something. I was on the elliptical or the treadmill, and if someone asked me to go to a class - whether it was spinning, boxing, yoga, you name it - I went. By the end of the month, I felt so good, I just kept going. I didn't want to lose my momentum.
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If I could ban boxing, I probably would, but I'll tell you in the same breath, I loved it growing up.
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I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations.
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Boxing is a glorious sport to watch and boxers are incredible, heroic athletes, but it's also, to be honest, a stupid game to play. Even the winners can end up with crippling brain damage. In a lot of ways, hustling is the same. But you learn something special from playing the most difficult games, the games where winning is close to impossible and losing is catastrophic: You learn how to compete as if your life depended on it. That's the lesson I brought with me to the so-called "legitimate" world.
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I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set - and they're both working.
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We need to get more people watching boxing. I love this sport and anything we can do to help it is great.
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Although not considered a martial art, boxing is really a martial art. It's a very limited martial art as long as you agree to just box... but in an actual physical fight against someone who's just a wrestler, you're going to get killed.
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I went into boxing, and I'm bisexual, and I still achieved and performed at the highest level, and I came away with gold and made history, so with that said, anything is possible.
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Boxing remains an important living metaphor of the struggle for equality.
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Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.
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Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it.
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It's only boxing, don't worry about it. Let's get it on!
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All my wives were great housekeepers. After every divorce, they kept the house.
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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.
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Count 10 over him - he'll get up
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
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People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
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Boxing is not brutal, it's an art - God has gifted me with incredible handspeed as a tool to be used - what else am I supposed to do but fight? There ain't no hand-racing competitions.
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Boxing is like chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalise on it. People think you get in the ring and see the red mist, but it's not about aggression. Avoiding getting knocked out is tactical.
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Anybody can be hurt. This is boxing.
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Boxing is an addiction and I can’t get enough of it.
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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.
