Boxers Quotes - Page 9

• The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Motivation, Smart, Athlete

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• I think Mike Gibbons was probably the greatest boxer that ever put a glove on. They called him The Wizard, The Phantom of the ring and he was that. I boxed with Mike about ten years and I never really hit him a hard punch during the time. Repeating again, Mike was one of the great boxers of the age.

  Tommy Gibbons

  Thinking, Years, Boxing

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• When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a famous boxer, my father is. If you want to fight somebody, go fight my Dad.

  Richard Gibbons

  Dad, Growing Up, Father

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• In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade.
  And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down...
  or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
  "I am leaving! I am leaving" but the fighter still remains.

  Paul Simon

  Song, Cutting, Leaving

  "The Boxer" (song) (1968)

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• I play chess about four hours a day in training camp. You have to decide what move to use, or what combination of moves. I think less when I box because the reaction time is a lot quicker, but some people call me the chess boxer because they say I think too much in the ring. I take my time and they don't see the action they want. Some boxers just go in there and just throw punches and hope to win.

  Lennox Lewis

  Sports, Moving, Winning

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• Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.

  Muhammad Ali

  Kids, Boxing, Enough

  Twitter post from Dec 03, 2009

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• Do what boxers do, sway with the punches. Don't resist. If any of what happens at work gets to you, just let it. You won't be able to shut it out in the long term anyway. Take it bit by bit, release it like a dam, don't let it collect until the wall develops cracks.

  Jo Nesbo

  Wall, Long, Cracks

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• I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling.

  Adam Sandler

  Athlete, Feelings, Wish

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• 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.

  Muhammad Ali

  Boxing, Brain, Illness

  "Oprah Talks to Muhammad Ali". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. June 2001.

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• I don't like the pitch count! How are you gonna develop your arm? If you're a track man you say, "Hey, you can't run too much." Or if you're a boxer you say, "Hey, you can only box three rounds." It's not right!

  Tommy Lasorda

  Running, Men, Track

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• Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

  Joe Frazier

  Funny, Sports, Money

  "Underdog Boxing: Pumped up for the Pacquiao-Mosley undercard fights" by Carlo L.Pamintuan, www.gmanetwork.com. February 10, 2011.

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• When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

  George Foreman

  Men, Champion, World

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the first round. I've learned to be patient, skillful in the ring. At the same time, I wanted to prove to other boxers that you can take off this killer instinct stuff, you can be a great athlete, a great boxer, and love your brother.

  George Foreman

  Jesus, Brother, Athlete

  "George Foreman: Giving Life an Extra Punch". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

  George Foreman

  Music, Sports, People

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• I have a thing for men's boxer briefs and a tank top. If I'm wearing them, I'm a happy gal.

  Liz Vassey

  Men, Tanks, Gals

  "Liz Vassey: Analyze This". Interview with Elizabeth Sanchez, www.mensfitness.com.

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• A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.

  George Foreman

  Bigs

  Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• I think that Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer that's ever lived; like actual technical boxer.

  Ronda Rousey

  Thinking, Mma, Floyd Mayweather

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• These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.

  George Foreman

  Thinking, Guy, Politician

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• Invest in yourself. It's like being a boxer, you've got to be in training so that when the bell rings, you get your direction you come out of the corner and you're *ready*. Do not let the audition be the first thing you've done in six months.

  Karl Urban

  Training, Done, Bells

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• 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.

  Mark McGrath

  Mean, Arena, Fighter

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Jobs, Real, Passion

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• Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of self-realization, you'll know when you have acquired the nebulous gifts that rowing has to offer, whether it's courage or a strengthened soul or a powerful body. Once you have it, drop back ten yards and punt. Someone new will pick up the ball and run with it.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Running, Motivation, Powerful

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• Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.

  Larry Holmes

  Heavyweights, Kind, Boat

  Interview with Ed Ludwig, www.doghouseboxing.com. January 15, 2004.

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• I respect most boxers because they're violent people who learned to discipline themselves ... a good boxer is an artist ... Boxing is existential - some fights are better than others.

  Norman Mailer

  Fighting, Artist, Discipline

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• We never see ourselves as heroes and sometimes when we do it is a hero that has made a fortune as a clown or a boxer. And there is no lasting value in either one of those.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Hero, Sometimes, Clown

  Source: www.ourtimepress.com

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