Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that. Oscar De La Hoya
Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. Gene Tunney
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. Mmuhammad ali
I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions. Evander Holyfield
I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me. Leon Spinks
I lost my edge for boxing, I didn't put as much into it as I did before. I didn't run as far. I didn't train as hard. I didn't eat correctly. I started drinking a little bit every now and then. Ken Norton
I love boxing. I like to see the strategizing. Watching the warriors go to work. I like that struggle, going out there and fighting. Barry Larkin
I started boxing when I was eight. I enjoyed when I could hit someone and they couldn't hit me back. It was like a game for me. The feeling of knocking someone out. My first knockout victory was when I was ten. He went down and his nose started to bleed, so they stopped it. Emanuel Steward
I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out. Sugar Ray Leonard
I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement. George Foreman
I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.' Floyd Mayweather Jr
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches. George Foreman
I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. Sugar Ray Leonard
I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life. Floyd Mayweather Jr