Quotes About Boxing

My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Winning the title itself is the most rewarding. That is the goal of every boxers.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Prize fighters can sometimes read and write when they start — but they can't when they finish.

Well, you can't trust most people in this game, period it can be a very shady business.

The only difference between street fighting and boxing is that there is a ref there stopping me from killing you.

There's a monster that comes out of me in the ring. I think it goes back to the days when I had nothing. It's hunger. I think that's what the monster is and it's still there.

I'll moider da bum - when asked what he thought of William Shakespeare

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'

Doem-me os ossos todos. -Foi da pancada que apanhou no boxe. -Maior porrada foi a vida que me deu.

Trump had this urge to be a really big name, so he cultivated celebrity. But his lifestyle was surprisingly unglamorous. He's quite disciplined in some ways. Doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, lives above the store. He was not a big New York socialite, never was. He basically enjoyed going upstairs and watching the tube. What he was interested in was celebrity and his businesses—construction, real estate, gambling, wrestling, boxing." •

I love to hit people. I love to.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Float like a butterfly! Sting like a bee! Rumble, young man! Rumble! Waaa!

When you saw me in the boxing ring fighting, it wasn't just so I could beat my opponent. My fighting had a purpose. I had to be successful in order to get people to listen to the things I had to say.

I hated the sight on TV of big, clumsy, lumbering heavyweights plodding, stalking each other like two Frankenstein monsters, clinging, slugging toe to toe. I knew I could do it better ... circle, dance, shuffle, hit and move ... make an art out of it.

I wasn't just fighting one man, I was fighting a lot of men. I had to show them all that I was a man they couldn't intimidate. If I lost, I would have to listen to all the talk about how I was a bum, how I joined the wrong movement, and how I was misled. That's why it was so important for me to show them how wrong they were. I won in a third-round knockout.

For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.

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

Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer.

Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.