Quotes About Boxing

Rocky is a poor Italian boy from a poor Italian family, and he appreciates the buck more than almost anybody. He's only got two halfway decent purses so far, and it was like a tiger tasting blood

And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

Mexican style of boxing training is different from what my father had trained me. It was good for me because it was an added knowledge, an addition to my boxing IQ.

I was also an only child and my father really wanted a son - he's from that generation - it was always about kung-fu theater on Sundays and boxing games on the weekend.

I have no fear in moving up (in weight) and fighting.

Life is like a boxing match, it seems, society has not been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of crime

My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter.

The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

I was six foot one inch when I started fighting, but with all the uppercuts I'm up to six foot five inches.

Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.

I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right.

Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling.

My business is hurting people.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Never let go of a good thing without a fight. Especially if that good thing is a pair of boxing gloves.

The front hall doubled as an art gallery. The exhibition was a series of modern interpretations of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The Virgin as seamstress. The Virgin wearing boxing gloves. The Virgin working the drive-thru window at McDonald's.

I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.

I hospitalized a rock, killed a brick...I'm so bad I make medicine sick!

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

You're damn right I do. I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the s*** knocked out of me

Boxing's all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds.

The dumbest question I was ever asked by a sportswriter was whether I hit harder with red or white gloves. As a matter of fact, I hit harder with red.