Boxing Quotes and Sayings

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 the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
– Muhammad Ali

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

But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.

It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
– Muhammad Ali

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.
– Muhammad Ali

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
– Muhammad Ali

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

I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I’m the greatest thing that ever lived. I don’t have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty- two years old. I must be the greatest. I showed the world. I talk to God everyday. I know the real God. I shook up the world, I’m the king of the world. You must listen to me. I am the greatest! I can’t be beat!
– Muhammad Ali

We gon’ float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. AH! Rumble, young man rumble! AH!
– Muhammad Ali

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

Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.
– Gerry Cooney

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.
– Budd Schulberg

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.
– Georges Carpentier

Maybe with boxing and good focus, I can fix myself and make my mother proud.
– Amnat Ruenroeng

I think it’s fair to say I’ve always been a boxing fan.
– Walter Hill