Best fighter quotes

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Let’s talk about our favorite things fighters have said, memorable or obscure:

    “He can run but he can’t hide” — Joe Louis on Billy Conn

    “I shook up the world!” — Muhammad Ali after beating Sonny Liston to take the title

    “I’ll eat your children” — Mike Tyson on ... wtf?
     
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  2. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    "I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic"-Jake LaMotta.
     
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  3. 88Chris05

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    "The good news is I earned $7 million. The bad news is I've spent $8 million".
    - Vinny Pazienza
     
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  4. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    “All of you young fighters out there...if you’re facing an Opponent with phenomenal speed...just use the jab “- Vernon Forest
     
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  5. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    “ Well do you smile when you go to work in the morning? “- Sonny Liston. ( on why he looks so mean )
     
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  6. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A champion is someone who gets up when he can't-Jack Dempsey

    Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing, but none of them serious-Alan Minter

    He called me a ****** and a recluse. I am not a recluse-Mike Tyson on Lennox Lewis
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    "I'm not God, but I am something similar"

    "it takes Cruelty to be great"

    "There is only one legend. That's me."

    "De La Hoya doesn't know about salsa. He should keep on singing mariachis and leave the salsa to me. I'm good at salsa."

    "Yes, it's true I once knocked out a horse. It was at a fiesta in my mother's home town of Guarare. Someone bet me a bottle of whiskey that I couldn't do it."

    "People loved me all around the world, from American to Italy and even England, so of course you are going to miss that.”

    "Whoever loves me, loves me for who I am.”

    All from Manos De Piedra, Roberto Durán.
     
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  8. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "Spinal" from Tyson
     
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    "Don't count the days, make the days count"

    "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life"

    "If you even dream of beating me, you better wake up and apologize"

    "They hate me because I speak the truth that can set men free"

    "I hated every minute of training, but I said 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"

    "I AM GONNA SHOW YOU HOW GREAT I AM!"

    “Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

    "I don't count my sit-ups, I only count when they start to hurt because those are the only ones that count."

    -Muhammad Ali, the greatest of all times


    (you could make an entire thread on Ali's trash talking, here are two that I really like)

    "Joe Frazier is so ugly, they could donate his face to the BUREAU of WILDLIFE!"
    - Ali on Joe Frazier

    "Everytime you open your mouth, you ought to be arrested for air pollution!"
    - Ali on some talkshow host
     
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  10. Thor Odinson

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    “I’m undestructable” - James Toney
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    "what you looking at?" - Michael Katsidis
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  12. Thor Odinson

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    I don’t know who said it but

    “my fists are uranium, my chin is titanium”
     
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    "I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the money's right."
    - Marlon Starling.
     
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  14. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    “They don’t teach about friendship in school, but if you haven’t learned friendship you haven’t learned anything.”

    — Muhammad Ali
     
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  15. andrewe

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    Odd because nowadays schools are overly-sensitive and teach too much on friendship
     
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