Boxing Quotes
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I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
Edgar Ramirez -
I'm a big fan of spinning and yoga. To strengthen my core, kick-boxing is really effective. The resistance tones everything, and it's a great stress reliever.
Katrina Bowden
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I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.
Barry McGuigan -
The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any other conceivable means. It will give pugilism new life, not only as a professional boxer's art, but as a general exercise.
John Boyle O'Reilly -
I think when people twitter 20 or 30 times per day, that's too much. They are boxing everyone else out, and people stop following them because they need a break.
Biz Stone -
While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.'
Laila Ali -
Boxing should probably be banned. But until then, I'm a big fan.
Sam Simon -
What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since I've been 15 years old - those are things that come natural to me.
Frank Grillo
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When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.
Emanuel Steward -
Punching your weight is one of boxing's most sensible rules. It's a handy one to abide by whether your battles lie in or out of a ring.
Brin-Jonathan Butler -
I think that every male actor fantasizes with a boxing film.
Edgar Ramirez -
Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor.
Walter Hill -
I have a love for boxing.
Canelo Alvarez -
Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.
Larry Merchant
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God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
To make it in boxing, you must captivate the fans in America, too.
Deontay Wilder -
Always the notorious red-light district of sports, boxing today is as troubled as it was even in the days when the Mob called the shots. There are too many lawsuits and too few heroes. Absurd mismatches and fraudulent rankings by unaccountable offshore sanctioning bodies have disgusted fans.
Tahl Raz -
I've always boxed, I always taught boxing.
Adam Carolla -
On Boxing Day, we always go for a walk in our wellies with the dogs, no matter where we are.
Darcey Bussell -
Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.
Frank Bruno
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Politics is like boxing - you try to knock out your opponents.
Idi Amin -
My father is a Marine. My brother is a Marine. I almost became a Marine. I'm no stranger to fight training. I used to do jujitsu and boxing as a kid. I was a running back in football for my high school and my college. I played ice hockey as well as did theater. So, there's always been a physical nature to me.
Zach McGowan -
There are boxing fans, and there are fans of the UFC. People want to see blood, but people like both.
Canelo Alvarez -
Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
George Foreman