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Here are 36 of the most inspirational &
motivational boxing quotes ever.
1.
“His mouth
made him feels like he was going to win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had
his lips.” ~ Joe Frazier on his fight with ~ Muhammad
Ali
2.
“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
3.
Boxing is the most beautiful
thing after women. ~Canelo Alvarez
4.
I just want to create my own
history. ~ Canelo Alvarez
5.
Boxing is serious. It's not a
game. Just one punch - change life.~ Gennady
Golovkin
6.
Boxing's a poor man's sport. We
can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids
off the street. It kept me off the street. ~ Sugar
Ray Leonard
7.
“Bruce Lee
was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I
want the public to see a knockout in the making.” ~ Sugar Ray
Leonard
8.
“Rhythm is
everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in
rhythm or you’re in trouble.” ~ Sugar Ray Robinson, considered
by many to be the greatest boxer of all time.
9.
“The question
isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.” ~ George
Foreman at age 45, on his fight with Michael Moorer
10. “The tempt
for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.” ~ Mike Tyson
11. “He can have
heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there’s no fighter smarter
than me.” ~ Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr.
12. “I fight for
perfection” ~ “Iron” Mike Tyson
13. “Sure the
fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.” ~ George Foreman on
his fight with Michael Moorer
14. “The loss
just made me hungry; it made me wants to go out and win another title.” ~ Thomas
“Hitman” Hearns on his first loss to at the hands of Sugar Ray
Leonard
15. “In order to
be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates
you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world
as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.” ~ “Marvellous”
Marvin Hagler
16. “He saved my
life, he saved my career. I can’t thank him enough for the chance to fight him.”
~ Ken Norton, 5-1 underdog seizing his opportunity and winning his
fight against ~Muhammad Ali.
17. “Getting hit
motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits
back with three punches.” ~ Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran
18. “The hero and
the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it
onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s
what you do with it that matters.” ~ Legendary trainer, Cus
D’Amato
19. “The
possession of muscular strength and the courage to use it in contests with
other men for physical supremacy does not necessarily imply a lack of
appreciation for the finer and better things of life.” ~ First black world
heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson
20. “If you screw
things up in tennis, it’s 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it’s your ass.”
~ Randall “Tex” Cobb
21. “I’m not God,
but I am something similar.” ~ Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran
22. “To see a man
beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.” ~ Cus
D’Amato
23. “I was
painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger
than me.” ~ Sugar Ray Leonard
24. “Boxing is
the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.” ~ Frank Bruno
25. “In boxing
you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it’s just like chess.” ~ Lennox
Lewis
26. “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
27. “It’s less
about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental
preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have
trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in
any situation, at any moment.” ~ Jimmy Smits
28. “That’s the
most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The
biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there’s no better
spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego’s reaction.” ~ David
O Russell
29. “To become a
champion, fight one more round.” ~ James Corbett
30. “A champion
is someone who gets up when he can’t.” ~ Jack Dempsey
31. “The man who
has no imagination has no wings.” ~ Muhammad Ali
32. “Don’t count
the days, make the days count.” ~ Muhammad Ali
33. “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.” ~ J.Dempsey
34. “To be a
champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.” ~ Sugar
Ray Robinson
35. Boxing is the toughest and
loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on
jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring,
it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.~ Frank Bruno
