- A boxing match is like a cowboy movie — there’s got to be good guys, and there’s got to be bad guys.~ Sonny Liston
- All the time he’s boxing, he’s thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.~ Jack Dempsey
- Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.~ Muhammad Ali
- Boxing is just show business with blood.~ Frank Bruno
- Boxing has become America’s tragic theater.~ Joyce Carol Oates
- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.~ Muhammad Ali
- I’m gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain’t going to die easy.~ Muhammad Ali
- I have always adhered to two principles: the first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition; the second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring, and the bell sounds for the fight.~ Rocky Marciano
- I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer — anything but a fighter. In this trade, it’s the managers that make the money and last the longest.~ Muhammad Ali
- It’s the boxers who attract the real women, after all, with their raw primeval strength, beautifully toned bodies and just a touch of vulnerability.~ Eamonn McCabe
- It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.~ Muhammad Ali
- I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.~ George Foreman
- My toughest fight was with my first wife.~ Muhammad Ali
- There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.~ Muhammad Ali
- 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
- The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.~ Joyce Carol Oates
- To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.~ Muhammad Ali
- To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there’s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.~ Jack Handy quotes
