Boxing Motivational Quotes
Tips by World Famous Boxers
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Muhammad Ali
Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.
Joe Frazier
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.
Evander Holyfield
Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!
Muhammad Ali
You don’t think. It’s all instinct. If you stop to think, you’re gone.
Sugar Ray Robinson
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.
Jack Dempsey
I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
Muhammad Ali
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
Evander Holyfield
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Rocky Marciano
It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
Muhammad Ali
Lie down so I can recognise you
Willie Pep
He can run, but he can't hide
Joe Louis
If you control it, you can make good use of it. But if you lose control, it will kill you.
Jose Torres
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
Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.
George Foreman
I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.
Muhammad Ali
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
Jack Dempsey
I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'
Mike Tyson
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
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Bob Fitzsimmons
When you saw me in the boxing ring fighting, it wasn't just so I could beat my opponent. My fighting had a purpose. I had to be successful in order to get people to listen to the things I had to say.
Muhammad Ali
How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.
Mike Tyson
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Muhammad Ali
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Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
Joe Louis
A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds.
Muhammad Ali
My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
Mike Tyson
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.
Muhammad Ali
Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.
Muhammad Ali
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I will fight like a lion to retain my title.
Rafael Márquez
I hospitalized a rock, killed a brick...I'm so bad I make medicine sick!"
Muhammad Ali