Quotes about Boxing

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

I hated the sight on TV of big, clumsy, lumbering heavyweights plodding, stalking each other like two Frankenstein monsters, clinging, slugging toe to toe. I knew I could do it better ... circle, dance, shuffle, hit and move ... make an art out of it.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Rocky doesn't act nothing like me. Apollo Creed, the way he dances, the way he jabs, the way he talks.... That's me.

There live a great man named Joe / who was belittled by a loudmouth foe / While his rival would taunt and tease / Joe silently bore the stings / And then fought like gladiator in the ring

Frazier's got two chances. Slim, and none. And Slim just left town.

In the same way I have always regarded boxing as a first-class sport to encourage in the Young Men's Christian Association.

I was a quiet kid on the streets. The loudmouths would push me around but when I was boxing, I was beating them up and it felt good.

If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate.

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

Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.