Boxing Motivational Quotes

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

Muhammad Ali

Motivational, Positive, Success

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Oct 31, 2012

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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

Serena Williams

Positive, Sports, Believe

"Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap". fortune.com. July 31, 2017.

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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Life, Success

Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

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A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Jack Dempsey

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

Evander Holyfield

Motivational, Sports, Volleyball

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Don't count the days, make the days count.

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Twitter post from Jan 29, 2011

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To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

Sugar Ray Robinson

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Motivational, Sports, Boxing

FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Jul 17, 2015

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Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Sports, Spiritual

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Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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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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Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

Frank Bruno

Sports, Athlete, Boxing

"Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?". www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2005.

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Muhammad Ali

Motivational, Success, Dance

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 17, 2014

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It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Muhammad Ali

Life, Motivational, Believe

Twitter post from Feb 13, 2010

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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Muhammad Ali

Strength, Sports, Inspiration

Twitter post from Nov 24, 2014

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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

Jack Dempsey

Funny, Thinking, Boxing

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I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

Muhammad Ali

Motivational, Dance, Sports

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When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

Jack Dempsey

Motivational, Sports, Food

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It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

Muhammad Ali

Funny, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Apr 25, 2009

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Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

Joe Louis

Motivational, Sports, Boxing

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They Only Made One Mistake, They Signed This Fight.

Ferdie Pacheco

Mistake, Fighting, Boxing

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Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Joyce Carol Oates

Boxing, Religion, Celebration

Joyce Carol Oates (1987). “On boxing”, Dolphin Books

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

Muhammad Ali

Funny, Sports, Jobs

Twitter post from Aug 18, 2010

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People don't realise what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing.

Muhammad Ali

Men, People, Boxing

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Sep 29, 2012

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