Boxers quotes
69 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man."
"We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has"
"A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring."
"I've got a new life now, a new future, there's a lot more to Lennox Lewis than just being a boxer."
"It's about stories. If I can tell the story to America, whether it's Riesling or a boxer from Harlem, it will sell. I know on my gravestone it's going to be, 'Storyteller.'"
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"Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer."
"Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool."
"They called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse.' I'm not a recluse."
"To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up."
"I was too slow a mover to be a boxer. It was much easier to be a poet."
"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."
"Boxers are hot, and by boxers I mean guys who box, not the underwear. So get rid of 'em!"
"The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed."
"If you're a boxer, you want to get the ring with a Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali type. When you're acting, you want to get in with Meryl Streep, and that's what I did."
"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."
"This boldness in telling the truth overshadows sport greatly. You couldn't get Joe Frazier or no boxer on this show and get interest in a subject like this. He couldn't talk about it."
"Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough."
