Boxer Quotes

“I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.”

“It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.”

“Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me”

“At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.”

“What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.”

“I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.”

“Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.”

“A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds.”

“The worst man is the one who sees himself as the best.”

“I'm not trying to get power over white. I'm involved in a freedom struggle. Not a power struggle.”

“Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.”

“I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.”

“My objective is to destroy anybody over 200 pounds, in the ring or out.”

“My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.”

“I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No, I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander. I'm the best ever! There's never been anybody as ruthless! I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!”

“My style was impetuous, my defenses were impregnable, and I was ferocious.”

“I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.”

“I'm sorry I let everybody down, I'm fighting just to pay my bills. I don't have the stomach for this anymore... I don't have the desire for it. I feel bad for the people... I wish they could get their money back.”

“As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.”

“At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.”

“It's just good that Detroit is coming back. I'm so happy it's coming back because it needs to come back. When I do my trips around the world, and I can be anywhere, but I always see somebody from Detroit or Chicago. Those guys are world travelers.”

“There's nothing like confidence.”

“My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody's anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I'm going to give them, I know when I'm going to give it to them, I know when they want it.”

“Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they've gotten their ass kicked before.”

“Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.”