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A compilation of Great Quotes by Boxers:
(Notice the older ones, then the later ones)
Jack Dempsey:
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
Honey, I forgot to duck.
Joe Louis:
I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves
Marciano:
"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."
M. Ali/Cassius Clay:
Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.
Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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.
Duran:
"I am not an animal in my personal life. But in the ring there
is an animal inside me"
Tyson:
I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.
"I'm on the Zoloft [an antidepressant] to keep from killing y'all."
"I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose because I try to punch the bone into the brain."
[He] called me a ‘rapist’ and
a ‘recluse.’ I’m not a recluse.”
"I think I'll take a bath in his blood."
Holyfield:
"I look forward to being undisputed heavyweight champion of the world."
An interesting read, especially the Tyson one.
[ 12-23-2004, 08:38 PM: Message edited by: Sir Degrader ]
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