Boxing Quotes - Page 11

I loved the movie for the simple reason that I saw the scenes and I saw Muhammad working with these guys.

You take what the guy gives you. If there's nothin' there, you handle it. No problem.

James Franco is a Method actor. I respect Method actors, but he never snapped out of character. Whenever we'd have to get in the ring for boxing scenes, and even during practice, the dude was full-on hitting me.

I've been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all my life. Boxing, kickboxing. I'm definitely not a fighter, but I defend my honor.

I'm going to give Vargas the chance to cash his last paycheck. I would like to say publicly that Fatty Vargas has always feared me. I conceded to take this fight at 162 pounds because fatty couldn't lose any more weight. I will do Vargas a favor by retiring him in this fight so his family doesn't have to suffer every time he steps in the ring. I'm going to do his wife a favor and not let her cry anymore.

You run for forty-five minutes, you train for an hour and a half, and the rest of the time you hang out and talk tough

I was once knocked out by a Mexican bantamweight - six of my pals were swinging him around by his heels at the time.

I don't think his hands could take the abuse.

I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

I've always loved boxing. It's something I've always been extremely excited about.

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.

In boxing, if you think you will lose... you're already halfway there.

If you don't follow Don King, you get stepped on.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you.

Joe Louis is a credit to his race - the human race.

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.

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

You stick to commentating, let me do the fighting.

Floyd Mayweather is bigger than the sport. That's the thing. Because you can go to somebody who don't even know what boxing is and say, "Floyd Mayweather." They'll go, "Oh, I know Floyd Mayweather. I've heard that name."

I think it is great to unite all kickboxing styles under one set of rules.