Quotes by Boxers

At home I am a nice guy but I don't want the world to know. Humble people I've found don't go very far.
Muhammad Ali
I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I know my prayers have been answered thousands of times and I know that I never said a prayer in my life without something good coming of it.
Jack Dempsey
If you don't take chances you can't do anything in life.
Michael Spinks
I look at ordinary people in their suits them with no scars and I'm different. I don't fit with them. I'm where everybody's got scar tissue on their eyes and got noses like saddles. I go to conventions of old fighters like me and I see the scar tissue and all them flat noses and it's beautiful. ... They talk like me like they got rocks in their throats. Beautiful!
Willie Pastrano
The question isn't at what age I want to retire it's at what income.
George Foreman
If I don't get off the mat I'll lose the fight.
Archie Moore
Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring fight one more round.
James J. Corbett
I look at ordinary people in their suits them with no scars and I'm different. I don't fit with them. I'm where everybody's got scar tissue on their eyes and got noses like saddles. I go to conventions of old fighters like me and I see the scar tissue and all them flat noses and it's beautiful. ... They talk like me like they got rocks in their throats. Beautiful!
Willie Pastrano
The question isn't at what age I want to retire it's at what income.
George Foreman
If I don't get off the mat I'll lose the fight.
Archie Moore
Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring fight one more round.
James J. Corbett
I can't concentrate on golf or bowling. Those bowling pins aren't going to hurt me. I can concentrate in the ring because someone is trying to kill me.
Carmen Basilio
I don't like money actually but it quiets my nerves.
Joe Louis
When you're as great as I am it's hard to be humble.
Muhammad Ali
Life is very interesting if you make mistakes.
Georges Carpentier
Inside of a ring or out ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.
Muhammad Ali
If I lose I'll walk away and never feel bad.... Because I did all I could there was nothing more to do.
Joe Frazier
Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime.
Joe Louis
We can't be brave without fear.
Muhammad Ali
You become a champion by fighting one more round.
James Corbett
Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.
Muhammad Ali
If you want to be the best, be the best, if you are not the best, pretend you are
Muhhamad Ali
Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble. Your rhythm should set the pace of the fight. If it does, then you penetrate your opponent’s rhythm. You make him fight your fight, and that’s what boxing is all about.
Sugar Ray Robinson
The best defense is a good offense.
Jack Dempsey
Genius is nothing more than an extraordinary manifestation of the body.
Arthur Cravan
What a tragedy it would be if you lived your entire life without discovering who you are, without reaching your full potential.” Ray Mancini
Ray Mancini
I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.
Muhammad Ali
Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.
Sugar Ray Leonard
I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.
George Foreman
The Advanced Level is Mastery of the Basics
Ray Mancini
each year, she finds her friendships less volatile and easier, because she increasingly succeeds at looking past their flaws and disappointments and homing in on their pleasures and on what set them in motion to begin with. And she wonders why she didn’t do that sooner, why she gave in to so much fury and sorrow when she could have just let those emotions go.
Frank Bruno
Age is a state of mind.
Ken Norton
Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.
Muhammad Ali
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
Muhammad Ali
The critics only made me work harder.
Muhammad Ali
Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the centre of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.
James Corbett
The day I met Islam, I found a power within myself that no man could destroy or take away from me.
Muhammad Ali
Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.
Muhammad Ali
I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
Muhammad Ali
Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.
Muhammad Ali
The man who has no imagination,has no wing
Muhammad Ali
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Muhammad Ali
Impossible is nothing.
Muhammad Ali
What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.
Muhammad Ali
The more things you have in common with the normal population the more you are not being yourself.
Ray Mancini
The thing which disappoints me most about the human race is the extraordinary lack of substance and depth, and the avoidance of opportunities where there is a possibility of experiencing something profound.
Ray Mancini
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Mike Tyson
Look at your life like a blank canvas and you're the artist, now go ahead and paint your masterpiece." Ray Mancini.
Ray Mancini
Science provides us with the methods we need to discover the truth. However it is only by developing wisdom through spirituality that provides the force we need to generate meaning in our lives.
Ray Mancini
I am not here to be average, I am not here to be great, I am not here to be successful, and I am not here to be happy, I am here to simply be all of me.
Ray Mancini
Normality does not exist. There is no such a thing as normal. The social norms that guide most people are not always normal for everyone. Behaviours and actions that are abnormal for most people may be considered normal for others, so therefore normality does not exist. Stay true to yourself; never be ashamed of doing what feels right to you at any giving moment, decide what feels right to you and do it. Don’t be normal, be yourself.
Ray Mancini
Whatever you do in your life, always go the distance.
Ken Norton
The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.
Muhammad Ali
I was trying to keep God's pain at arms length.
Mike Weaver
Even when I knew people were cheating me, what was important was how I behaved, because I have to answer to God. I can't be responsible for other people's actions: They will have to answer to God themselves
Muhammad Ali
Throughout my life, I never sought retribution against those who hurt me because I believe in forgiveness. I have practiced forgiving, just as I want to be forgiven. Only God knows what's in a person's heart, his true intentions. He sees and hears all things.
Muhammad Ali
They'll take everything, even your tears.
George Foreman
All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.
Muhammad Ali
When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.
Muhammad Ali
Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.
Joe Frazier