Boxing Quotes - Page 16

I don't promote boxing, I promote people. Boxing is a catalyst to bring people together.

My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.

I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.

Boxing is show-business with blood.

Anybody can be hurt. This is boxing.

So when do I meet the champ?

You had women's kickboxing and they're in the ring and that's what I want to do. I just wanted to fight.

This fight isn't about boxing, it's something deeper than that.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.

I love boxing! Working out is calming and helps clear my mind.

When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing.

An incident that left an impression on me was the 1999 sub-junior national boxing championship held in Calcutta. I had trained extremely hard to get there but got kicked out in the first round itself. 'If others can win, why can't you?' I repeatedly asked myself.

Boxing changed my life. It's like a drug; you can't believe how great it is! Let me tell you something, you hit somebody on the chin, the guy goes down, the crowd roars...Wow! You really feel something!

The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.

I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we do.

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. If that ever happens, it's only because something happened during the interview that got me going, and then I had to translate my feelings to the mouth of the character.

Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even TV-A.M.'s inaugural episode was enjoyed in pyjamas in my house.

But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.

Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. It was after I retired from boxing that my true work began.