Boxer quotes thread

[QueensburyRules]

- - Don't have the exact quote, but Fury in readying his comeback surmised on twitter: "I'll saunter into the ring waving the Nigerian Flag to cheers over that fake Nigerian, Joshua."

Official record: Fury ducked career purses to fight AJ to pursue lower hanging, lower paying fruit at least twice if not 3x now.

[JAB5239]

'When boxing, do not listen to grandstand managers. Some fellows who consider themselves experts have been no closer to the game than TV.'
- Rocky Marciano

[JAB5239]

'You always think you're going to win. That's one thing a fighter must have. Otherwise, there isn't any use fighting.'

- Jack Dempsey

[JAB5239]

'Sometimes, exactly as in boxing, you feel you do not have the power. But you know you have to find the energy to meet the task. The strength of character. The courage to make difficult decisions and to confront stern challenges.'
- Vitali Klitschko

[JAB5239]

'Punches are given, punches are taken. This is boxing. This is the life. And in life I have taken a lot of punches, really many. But I would do it again, as long as all the punches I took served to get my children an education.'
- Primo Carnera

[JAB5239]

'Boxing is serious. It's not a game. Just one punch - change life.'
- Gennady Golovkin

[JAB5239]

'I've had a good time, saw the world and made a lot of money. I ain't got any money now, but that's not important.'
- Sam Langford

[JAB5239]

'When I put them out, they stay out.'
- Stanley Ketchel

[JAB5239]

'I have watched other fighters win World titles and then lose the dedication that got them there. They start training in majestic training and gradually go soft. It was Joe Louis who said, 'It's hard to get up and run when you are wearing silk pajamas.' I have no intention of going down that route.'

- Marvelous Marvin Hagler

[JAB5239]

'From the very start it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline. No inventor, no businessperson, no important researcher reached their goal easily. Accomplishment in sports also demands the commitment of one's entire self: morally, intellectually, spiritually. Discipline over the body alone does not make a great athlete. The will to achieve the exceptional demands the ultimate concentration on one's goal.'
- Max Schmeling