The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.
George Foreman, Boxing Champion

I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
Jack Dempsey, Boxing Champion

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 and say, 'Let's go.'
Mike Tyson, Boxing Champion

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, Boxing Champion

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Bob Fitzsimmons, Boxing Champion

When you saw me in the boxing ring fighting, it wasn't just so I could beat my opponent. My fighting had a purpose. I had to be successful in order to get people to listen to the things I had to say.
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.
Mike Tyson, Boxing Champion

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
Joe Louis, Boxing Champion

A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds.
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
Mike Tyson, Boxing Champion

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
Sugar Ray Leonard, Boxing Champion

Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight.
Rocky Marciano, Boxing Champion

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

I will fight like a lion to retain my title.
Rafael Márquez, Boxing Champion

I hospitalized a rock, killed a brick...I'm so bad I make medicine sick!"
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

"If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always got"
Mark Twain