Boxer quotes thread

[Willie Pep 229]

'I'm not an athlete, don't call me an athlete. How can you compare me with Billie Jean King or Magic Johnson? They're athletes. Athletes have careers. Athletes have to prepare. At any moment, I'm ready. I never liked sports. Sports are only social events. I'm a warrior, a missionary. What I do is an obsession. If I wasn't in boxing, I'd be breaking laws, that's my nature.'
- Mike Tyson

Did he mean to say " mercenary " ?

Speaking of malapropisms- Don King on Mike Tyson: "He's a diamond in the raw."

[Willie Pep 229]

"It's better to deal with Arum than King. Arum will only rob you" Steve Wynn

[Willie Pep 229]

"What's the point of being Irish if you can't be ******?" Billy Conn, Louis-Conn I

[Willie Pep 229]

I read this quote once but I can't come up with the guy's name; he was responsible for selling the live gate for Don King Productions.

Asked: Which of all the fights was the easiest to sell? he replied:

"That's easy the Trilla in Manilla, Marcos ordered everyone to go."

[JAB5239]

I read this quote once but I can't come up with the guy's name; he was responsible for selling the live gate for Don King Productions.

Asked: Which of all the fights was the easiest to sell? he replied:

"That's easy the Trilla in Manilla, Marcos ordered everyone to go."

That is hysterical!!

[Anthony342]

Did he mean to say " mercenary " ?

Speaking of malapropisms- Don King on Mike Tyson: "He's a diamond in the raw."

Tyson was probably all about going in raw too when it came to women. Surprised he doesn't have more kids.

[Zelda]

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face" – Mike Tyson

“That’s all they said was wrong with me?” – Mike Tyson

“The man [has] got two chances. Slim, and none.” – Muhammad Ali

"Champions are not made in the gym. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” – Muhammad Ali

[Willie Pep 229]

"I try not to take too much interest in my personal life." Mike Tyson when asked about his pending divorce from Robin Givens.

[JAB5239]

'You can't be average or even good to make it. You've got to be something special.'
- Joe Louis

[JAB5239]

'Fight night is a man going to work. It's just a job.'
- Ezzard Charles