Top 40+ Famous Boxer Quotes

Famous Boxer Quotes – People have their favorite sports, and one of them is boxing. Boxing is not for everyone but there are boxers that are liked by many. Man boxers have made a name for themselves in different ways. Some boxers have also gave some memorable lines that range from inspiring to thoughtful. Oftentimes, there are boxers the say lines that can be applied to different things outside of boxing. While not everyone knows different boxers, some of their lines have left an impact. These are some of the top famous boxer quotes:

• “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
  
• “You never lose until you actually give up.”
  – Mike Tyson
  
• “It ain’t about how hard you can hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”
  – Rocky Balboa
  
• “The hero and the coward both feel the same thing. But the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.”
  – Cus D’amato
  
• “If you work hard in training, the fight is easy.”
  – Manny Pacquiao
  
• “A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.”
  – George Foreman
  
• “Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.”
  – ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard
  
• “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”
  – Jack Dempsey
  
• “Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.”
  – George Foreman
  
• “No mas.”
  – Roberto Duran

More Famous Boxer Quotes

• “Don’t count the days, make the days count.”
  – Muhammad Ali
  
• “There are three things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest.”
  – Manny Pacquiao
  
• “In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it’s just like chess.”
  – Lennox Lewis
  
• “I can’t dance, I can’t write, I can’t sing, but man, I can fight.”
  – Dennis Andries
  
• “Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.”
  – Frank Bruno
  
• I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.
  – Jack Johnson
  
• “I’m not God, but I am something similar.”
  – Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran
  
• “Once that bell rings, you’re on your own. It’s just you and the other guy.”
  – Joe Louis
  
• “I don’t fight for legacy. I don’t fight for none of that; I fight for that check. I’m in the check-cashing business.”
  – Floyd Mayweather
  
• “Everyone suffers defeats and disappointments in life. But in boxing it happens in front of thousands and it’s online for millions to see. You have to live with it forever. The worst thing is taking a physical beating from a man in public. It’s not like losing a game of tennis.”
  – Andy Lee

Inspirational Quotes from Boxers

• “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.“
  – Muhammad Ali
  
• “To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.”
  – Cus D’Amato
  
• “Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.”
  – Roberto Duran
  
• “I am not the richest, smartest, or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going, and going, and going!”
  – Rocky Balboa
  
• “The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title.”
  – Thomas (Tommy) Hearns
  
• “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. The temptation for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.”
  – Mike Tyson
  
• “Boxing’s not that straightforward. You can practice and practice, but the real experience will always be different. Lots of things are like that, actually.”
  – Franny Billingsley
  
• “Everything is a sacrifice. The diet, your family, getting your body into shape with the extreme training. But you have got to give it everything you have to get to your goal.”
  – Julio César Chávez
  
• “I know fighters don’t age gracefully. I know fighters get hurt. But I also know in my heart, I gotta fight. At least one more time. Why? I’ll tell you why; Love.”
  – Paulie Malignaggi
  
• “The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear and projects it onto his opponent while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.”
  – Cus D’Amato

Other Related Famous Boxer Quotes

• “To become a champion, fight one more round.”
  – James Corbett
  
• “There’s a moment in fighting when the strength of muscle ain’t everything because the enemy has already given you enough energy to gain victory.”
  – Toba Beta
  
• “In boxing, you create a strategy to beat each new opponent. It’s just like chess.”
  – Lennox Lewis
  
• “Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There’s nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.”
  – Sugar Ray Leonard
  
• “There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.”
  – Muhammad Ali
  
• “Fighting is like dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it is dancing.”
  – David Lyons
  
• “That’s the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts, and there’s no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego’s reaction.”
  – David O. Russell
  
• “I don’t fight for legacy. I don’t fight for none of that; I fight for that check. I’m in the check-cashing business.”
  – Floyd Mayweather
  
• “There is so much to learn from boxing. You can never have learned everything; anybody who says they know it all is lying. You can’t – there is always something new to learn.”
  – Nicola Adams
  
• “In order to be at the top and maintain your focus, you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.”
  – “Marvellous” Marvin Hagler
  
• “Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took, and your name in the undertaker book.”
  – Joe Frazier
  
• “Boxing’s a poor man’s sport. We can’t afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It’s kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.”
  – Sugar Ray Leonard

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