- Fooling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing Quotes
On the discipline and legacy built inside the ring.
This page gathers quotes from boxers on how the sport was passed down to them, often through a father or an early coach who taught fundamentals and discipline. Several reflect on boxing as a passion that runs alongside other interests, and on the drive to leave a lasting name in the sport. Continue with Fight quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always put my boxing first.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.
- Pays
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing is what pays my bills.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn't show it. In 2000, they didn't show it. In 2004, they didn't show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would think the United States didn't have a boxing team in 2008.
- Brook
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a boxing fan. I've seen Kell Brook fight. I'm not one of those boxers who says he doesn't watch other guys fight or follow the sport. I do.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really important to have role models, and a lot of the ancients always talked about this. Seneca talked about this, Aristotle talked about this, and in fact, this was my boxing coach's philosophy in college, was that you have to have role models.
- Box
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a boxing trainer at a gym, which is really fun. And I also try to complement it with flybarre, which is lengthening, strengthening, toning, just tightening everything up.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't promote boxing, I promote people. Boxing is a catalyst to bring people together.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020