Boxing quotes
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"I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character."
"When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher."
"His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see."
"I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty."
"Besides Scream, I liked The Purge. It stuck with me because it reminds me of boxing - you have 45 minutes to punch someone legally without consequence."
"And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head."
"If you don't follow Don King, you get stepped on."
"In boxing, if you think you will lose... you're already halfway there."
"The third man in the ring makes boxing possible."
"Boxing has become America's tragic theater."
"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
"I'm the best. I just haven't played yet."
"I'm a self motivated person, that's what got me to the point I'm at today. I don't take anybody lightly because this is what I do, this is my job. The day that I stop taking it seriously is the day I have to stop boxing. I would never put myself into a position where I go into the ring not prepared."
"I dare to be great. The man without imagination stands unhurt and hath no wings. This is my credo, this is my forte."
"When you lose the title, that doesn't mean you lose the contract to what you had. Just like when you win the title, it doesn't mean you win brains, PhDs and MAs."
"Michael seems to have lost his values temporarily. He just has to be worked with, disciplined and talked to and given some tender loving care and understanding."
"Man, I've been to jail. It was hell in there, but I survived, If they put me back, I'll come out again. I'm one of the world's great survivors. I'll always survive because I've got the right combination of wit, grit and bullshit."
"Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank"
"Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification."
"I won't say I won't fight again but I don't think anyone wants to fight me so I am finished and I will just continue with boxing exhibitions."
