Larry Holmes Quotes

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• I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

  Larry Holmes

  Agriculture, Dirt, Rich

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• Set a goal and make a commitment to meet that goal. Do the best you can, but never forget your roots, never forget where you came from. After you have succeeded, look back and see if there are others that you might help to achieve what you have accomplished.

  Larry Holmes

  Leadership, Sports, Commitment

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• My dad used to tell me, 'Check the price, son.' Check the price, kids, check the price because there is a price to be paid for whatever you do in life, whether it is good or it is bad. Before you do something, ask yourself is it worth the price you have to pay?

  Larry Holmes

  Dad, Kids, Son

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• When the bell rings, your trainer can't help you.

  Larry Holmes

  Bells, Helping, Trainers

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• There is no quit in me.

  Larry Holmes

  Quitting

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• It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

  Larry Holmes

  Black, Poor, Hard

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• I don't think boxing needs to be regulated. I think boxing needs to have a complaint board. And I think the complaint board should be able to look into boxing situations - as far as if you're getting what you should be getting, whether you're being managed, not being managed, etc.

  Larry Holmes

  Thinking, Boxing, Etc

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• The only thing I'd like to see is to give fighters an option to wear a small headguard, a one-ounce headguard. Some fighters might not want that option. But you know - you're training all the time, you're boxing all the time, and you've got a headguard on, you're using big gloves, and you're getting hit. And you observe that your face is better protected that way. Now they're doing it with ten-ounce gloves and no headguard. I think if they have a one-ounce headguard on to protect some of those brain cells in the head, it would be beneficial to the fighter.

  Larry Holmes

  Thinking, Cells, Giving

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

  Larry Holmes

  Boxing, Pimp, Fighter

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• Mike Tyson is a sharp puncher. Earnie Shavers was a PUNISHING puncher. There was a difference between the two. Because when Shavers hit you, you feel it all the way through your body.

  Larry Holmes

  Two, Differences, Body

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• My actions speak louder than my words.

  Larry Holmes

  Action, Speak, Actions Speak Louder

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out.

  Larry Holmes

  Would Be, World, Earth

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• This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.

  Larry Holmes

  Mother, Lying, Cutting

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• I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter.

  Larry Holmes

  Hard Work, Killers, Fighter

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• People think that I reached the top overnight; well, it took me fourteen years. I was twenty-nine before I really made it. I've had my jaws and hands broken. One arm is out of place. I've paid my dues in this business.

  Larry Holmes

  Thinking, Hands, Years

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• I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world.

  Larry Holmes

  Dream, Thinking, Champion

  "Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It" by Tom Callahan, TIME, June 21, 1982.

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• I make appearances, but I really want to spend more time fishing. That is what I really enjoy doing with my spare time.

  Larry Holmes

  Fishing, Want, Appearance

  Source: www.paneech.com

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• Fighters DON'T know how to jab. You take Roy Jones, for instance. He paws his jab. He throws it out, it don't land. And then he'll hit you with a left hook, hit you with a right hand. But he doesn't really know the jab. A guy needs to learn the jab, know the jab, and use the jab. And these guys don't do it today.

  Larry Holmes

  Hands, Land, Guy

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• Everyone still wants to see [Floyd] Mayweather and [Manny] Pacquaio fight. When the talks start though, it always seem like it is all about Mayweather, and I think the people hate that.

  Larry Holmes

  Hate, Fighting, Thinking

  Source: www.paneech.com

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• I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish, I fought th fight for the people. We're all God's children. I don't see color. I'm not a racist When I look at Gerry Cooney, I just see a man trying to take my head off.

  Larry Holmes

  Children, Fighting, Men

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• I won't say I won't fight again but I don't think anyone wants to fight me so I am finished and I will just continue with boxing exhibitions.

  Larry Holmes

  Fighting, Thinking, Boxing

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• George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed.

  Larry Holmes

  Names, People, Want

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• I'm happy with my career but I could have been happier if I could have been treated like a champion should have been treated because management and fighters take advantage of fighters.

  Larry Holmes

  Should Have, Careers, Champion

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• I don't owe Don King anything. I got things with my own sweat and blood. I don't know if I'll be associated with Don but I won't be a slave or puppet for him.

  Larry Holmes

  Kings, Blood, Sweat

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• It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.

  Larry Holmes

  Brother, Eight, Giving

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