Boxing Quotes

• I never fought, I never learned kung fu or boxing, I never went into these sportif competitions. I wouldn't cross the ocean. I think it's ridiculous to take such risk. But look, people love to do that. But I was not afraid of doing things I wished to do. I did not think that woman would be restrained. I never saw that, especially not in filmmaking, where you don't have to be strong.

  

  Agnes Varda
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Strong

• Sugar Ray wouldn't give me a rematch, and that's the reason I walked away from boxing.

  

  Marvin Hagler
  • Boxing

• Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.

  

  Larry Merchant
  • Boxing
  • Kill
  • Save

• In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.

  

  Damon Runyon
  • History
  • Game
  • Boxing

• I don't watch TV dramas. I watch ESPN, HBO boxing, National Geographic Channel and I kind of like to get some DVDs, movies that I haven't seen and I just pop them in.

  

  Dominic Purcell
  • Boxing

• I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child, although it would be stupid for me to box.

  

  Andrea Bocelli
  • Passion
  • Stupid
  • Soccer

• Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • Happiness
  • Fame
  • Boxing

• There are boxing fans, and there are fans of the UFC. People want to see blood, but people like both.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • People
  • Want
  • Boxing

• As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Up
  • Myself
  • Media

• To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at times, that of carnival circuses.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Business
  • Best
  • Boxing

• It would be a dream to be the face of boxing, to be No. 1.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Dream
  • Face
  • Boxing

• On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting.

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • Bicycle
  • Policeman
  • Gymnasium

• Today, violence against women is rightly abhorred. But we call violence against men entertainment. Think of football, boxing, wrestling... All are games used to sugarcoat violence against men, originally in need of sugarcoating so our team -or our society -could bribe its best protectors to sacrifice themselves.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Today

• Boxing's in my genes. I come from a fighting background. My dad and both my uncles were good boxers. I'm blessed with the art of war.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Good
  • Art
  • War

• 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
  • Life
  • Art
  • Practice

• Boxing is the sweet science. You hit and not get hit. There's no reward for you to hit me more than I hit you other than on the scorecards.

  

  Bernard Hopkins
  • Science
  • Sweet
  • Boxing

• Boxing gives you such a good workout, although I've stopped sparring. When your hand speed goes, you're going to get caught, and you can't afford to take cumulative smacks on the chops when you're a writer.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Good
  • Hand
  • Workout

• People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.

  

  Morgan Freeman
  • People
  • Movie
  • Boxing

• When you talking boxing, you talking me.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Me
  • Talking
  • Boxing

• I have a personal trainer. But I tried boxing; I tried ballet. I tried everything to see what works best for my body.

  

  Barbara Palvin
  • Best
  • Body
  • Ballet

• When I have a few weeks off, I catch up with my friends, but after a week or so, I just can't wait to get back in to the boxing club and start training.

  

  Katie Taylor
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Training

• Boxing is not that complicated. If two guys want to fight, it's not hard to make a fight. If the fight's not made, it's because one party doesn't want that fight, or maybe both parties don't want it.

  

  Andre Ward
  • Party
  • Boxing

• Sweating the small stuff is important in boxing and life. On a movie, we have production assistants who're 18 and 19 years old. If someone asks you for a cup of coffee, and you bring them a cup of coffee that's cold, I make a big deal of that. I make a really, really big deal of that. You have to pay attention to details.

  

  Peter Berg
  • Life
  • Important
  • Movie

• I like doing very high action things. Running, boxing, a lot of free weights. They're not heavy. I eat what I want, really, because I think that while you're working out you can eat better.

  

  Natasha Bedingfield
  • High
  • Free
  • Action

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