Boxing Motivation Quotes :
1. “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
2. “Fighting, to me, seems barbaric. I don’t really like it. I enjoy out-thinking another man and out-manoeuvring him, but I still don’t like to fight.”
– Sugar Ray Robinson
3. “I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It’s ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.”
4. “Ali said he was the GOAT, that’s how good he was. One of the greatest pound for pound boxers ever.”
– Sugar Ray Robinson
5. “The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you.”
– Marvin Hagler
6. “To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can’t make that commitment, they don’t call you a champion anymore.”
– Rocky Marciano
7. “Deadly combination of speed and power to knock anyone out.”
8. “I remember as a little boy I ate one meal a day and sometimes slept in the street. I will never forget that and it inspires me to fight hard, stay strong and remember all the people of my country, trying to achieve better for themselves.”
– Manny Pacquiao
9. “This man is simply the greatest, watching him fight in his prime no-one ever stood a chance.”
– Joe Louis
10. “He is the greatest of all time and he also has the greatest single punch of all time.”
– Rocky Marciano
11. “I am a fighter who walks, talks and thinks fighting but I try not to look like it.”
– Marvin Hagler
12. “Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.”
– Rocky Marciano
13. “Rocky Marciano stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump.”
– Rocky Marciano
14. “I can show you how to box. I can teach you every technique and trick I know, but I can never make you a fighter. That comes from inside, and it’s something no one else can ever give you.”
– Joe Louis
15. “There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.”
– Joe Louis
16. “I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.”
– Sugar Ray Leonard
17. “It’s not about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”
– Rocky Balboa
18. “Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision.”
– Joe Frazier
19. “5 losses, over 50 wins He was an iconic figure who had a substantial name for himself. Unbeatable.”
– Muhammad Ali
20. “When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.”
– Joe Louis
21. “Leonard was one of the most versatile boxers the game has ever seen.”
– Sugar Ray Leonard
22. “I’m a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.”
– Floyd Mayweather Jr
23. “Boxing is not about your feelings. It’s about performance.”
– Manny Pacquiao
24. “When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.”
– Mike Tyson
25. “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
26. “I’ve wrestled with alligators. I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning and throw thunder in jail.”
– Muhammad Ali
27. “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
28. “Boxing is really easy. Life is much harder.”
– Floyd Mayweather Jr
29. “Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble. Your rhythm should set the pace of the fight. If it does, then you penetrate your opponent’s rhythm. You make him fight your fight, and that’s what boxing is all about.”
– Sugar Ray Robinson
30. “The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.”
– Roberto Duran
31. “A true champion will fight through anything.”
– Floyd Mayweather Jr
32. “Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.”
– Sugar Ray Leonard
33. “When me and Mike Tyson were around, we played king of the hill. Whoever comes to the hill, you get your behind whooped. We don’t pick and choose. I fought guys when I had fractured wrists and ribs, bad backs, I didn’t care. I was the king of the hill; Tyson was king of the hill. When we left, people were trying to get the ‘most money fight.”
– Roy Jones Jr
34. “Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.”
– George Foreman
35. “Boxing was the only career where I wouldn’t have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.”
– Sugar Ray Leonard
36. “A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.”
– Jack Dempsey
37. “After my arrival in Russia, I saw that there is a large community of boxers. I also felt appreciated in Russia. Maybe even a lot more than I was valued and appreciated in my own country.”
– Roy Jones Jr
38. “Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.”
– Roberto Duran
39. “If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That’s all I am. I live it.”
– Marvin Hagler
40. “This man dominated two eras of boxing, by the way the two best eras.”
– George Foreman
41. “First your legs go. Then you lose your reflexes. Then you lose your friends.”
– Willie Pep
42. “A champion shows who he is by what he does when he’s tested. When a person gets up and says ‘I can still do it’, he’s a champion. If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That’s all I am. I live it.”
– Marvin Hagler
43. “If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can’t make mistakes.”
– Floyd Mayweather Jr
44. “When you’re a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity.”
– Sugar Ray Leonard
45. “In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn’t have any fear. I thought, ‘This is easy. This is what I’ve been waiting for’. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.”
– George Foreman
46. “I’ve had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.”
– Floyd Mayweather Jr
47. “Just The Greatest. He was far better than Ray Leonard, who admitted he was the hardest puncher he ever faced and that he was also the hardest boxer to hit cleanly.”
– Roberto Duran
48. “This guy has been hated on nearly his whole career. Everyone they put in front of him, they say he would lose to, he beat.”
– Floyd Mayweather Jr
49. “The greatness of Marciano in the ring was defined by the way he prepared for a fight, his ability to punch and take a punch.”
– Rocky Marciano
50. “Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it’s better to give than to receive.”
– Sugar Ray Leonard
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