HELP WANTED: Epic Quotes

"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."
Confucius


"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Mahatma Gandhi

 

“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” Michael Korda

 

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to excellence."
Confucious

 

Froch: "Lucian Bute is perhaps one of the best foreign visitors since Kessler came in 2007, he is the IBF champion and he is unbeaten."




.....previous to this it was
Froch: I don't rate Bute...

 

"I lend her balls of man from my great stash and make him woman again with my fist."
~Freda Silibovsky on fighting Ana Desdanovic for the PCB Baltic Women's Middleweight title.
Classic Silibovsky, right there.

 

"Without discipline, no matter how good you are, you are nothing! One day, & I might not be around; you're going to meet a tough guy who takes your best shot. He'll keep coming because he's tough. Don't get discouraged. That's when the discipline comes in." ~ Tyson

“I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece & say, 'Let's go!'” ~ Tyson

"I guess I have to be the beast, I have to be the savage... I just have the ring, & the ring has me." ~ Tyson

“Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you & destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn." ~ Tyson

"Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind. He sometimes goes insane, he sometimes goes on the bottle, because it's a highly intensive pressure sport that allows people to just lose it." ~ Tyson

 

Howard Davis Jr.

After turning professional, and winning his 4th straight fight.

'I can beat Roberto Duran in an 8-Round fight right now',,,,,,,,

 

Larry Merchant to George Foreman.

Larry:,,,,"George, did you ever want to fight in Europe, say Germany"

George:,,,,"Yes,,,,,,,in World War II."

 

:rofl:rofl George was a tank for sure.

 

It's not rage that drives me, it's competition.- Lennox

 

Great quote.

 

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- back when MC Hammer managed that fresh playa.:rasta

 

Muhammad Ali: It is hard to humble with a face as beautiful as mine. Joe fraiser is so ugly that tears stop on the way down his cheeks and and go back up in his eyes

Joe Fraizer: Kill the body and the head will follow.

Sonny Liston: I’d rather be a lamppost in Denver than mayor in Philidelphia


Ali om Earnie Shavers: "He hit me so hard it shook the skin of my ancestors in Africa."

Mayorga: After I beat him im going to drink the milk out of he's wife's breasts"

"They've all got a plan... until they get hit." - Joe Louis

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

"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."
-Muhammad Ali

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. Muhammad Ali

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
Muhammad Ali

The man who has no imagination has no wings.
- Muhammad Ali

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


If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it.
- Marvin Hagler

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


"I never cease to amaze myself. I say this humbly." Don King

Mike Tyson quotes
“[He] called me a ‘******’ and a ‘recluse.’ I’m not a recluse.”

"He was screaming like my wife."

"I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating."

Tommy Farr: Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it. - George Foreman

In chess, nobody is an expert, but everybody plays. In boxing everybody is an expert, but nobody fights. Vitali Klitschko

 

A person is at his most dangerous when all odds are stacked against him.

A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn’t will find an excuse.