Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shani Davis

If someone wanted to put on a celebrity boxing match, I think I could take him. I know he's from Texas, so he's gotta be tough, but I used to have a pretty nice jab until I retired it in high school.

Erik Morales

He was a tough guy. I hit him with everything, ... I knew the guy was quick. I knew boxing would be the key because he was so fast.

We had a little problem boxing out in the second half, and that's how they got a lot of second-chance opportunities. That really hurt us in the second half.

Let me do my job and I think we'll be fine. I don't see him coming down and trying to rule the boxing program.

Of course if he loses that first fight, there's a good chance there's not going to be a second. That's how boxing is.

My dad was a big part of our boxing careers. A lot of great memories. We're all really going to miss him.

Robert Horry

More days off helps me out more now than in the past. Then I wanted to practice so I could keep everything working, mechanically and skills-wise. Now I really like the days off. But we needed to work on some things, especially our rebounding and boxing out. So it was good to get back to work.

When I'm boxing I'm strictly in the mentality of a boxer. When I'm a nurse I'm strictly in the mentality of a nurse. When I'm around the boys I'm a mom. That is truly my number one job.

J. J. Johnson

When the kids see what great shape he's in, and that there's a certain gleam in his eye, they are able to see you can succeed when your boxing career comes to an end.

Me and Ann just came in and said the obvious things. We have to take more pride in boxing out. We have to take more pride in knowing who we are guarding and rotating on defense. We have to know what we are doing out there, and in that first half we didn't look like it at all.

Dominic Purcell

My fighting style, if you will, is a combination of mimicking, cowboy films and boxing that I have done throughout my life.

Bruce Beresford

My feeling is that while we are constructing a show you need not be a boxing fan to enjoy, it will reintroduce millions of people to boxing,

We were boxing out and rebounding, but in the second quarter, they really started putting the pressure on us. Mentally, we kind of couldn't handle it.

Charlie Pierce

To recognize that head injuries were as essential a part of football as they are of boxing would be to erase the fine distinction on which the game's respectability rested.

Conor McGregor

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.

Willie Randolph

There's an energy to this team. There's an energy about this team. I'm as excited about it as our fans are. What did Mills Lane (old boxing ref) used to say? Let's get it on.

A boxing gym is a melting pot. In my gym, I have Palestinians training next to Israelis. I have men and women ... as young as 7 and my oldest is 79.

Shannon Briggs

It's just a maturity, ... I felt like it was time to rededicate myself. I'm a big fan of classic boxing and when people think of me 100 years from now, I hope they say I really changed my career around to reach greatness.

After the Olympic trials, I want to turn pro. Having pro boxing on the Coast helps put my name out there.

It's really no different, boxing has highs and lows and you can't get too excited when you're high and you don't get too down when you're low. Because it's so cyclical that you just have to play on an even keel throughout.

Creating the Corpus Christi Boxing Hall of Fame was something we have discussed with Lester and have wanted to do for a long time, ... But because of time restraints with television, we just haven't had time in the ring to properly honor all the fighters at an event. With this event being non-televised, it allows us the necessary time to honor them appropriately. We at Main Events are proud to be a part of honoring their great careers.

The NFL still took a back seat to boxing (in that era),

This is a very exciting day. I've been fortunate to be involved with Broadway Boxing from the start. I can't even imagine what the New York boxing scene would be without Lou and Broadway Boxing.

It's what I do. I own a boxing gym, I teach boxing lessons and I'm still young enough to fight, ... I haven't taken a lot of punishment in my career, so I figure I've still got some good fights left in me. After we relocated the gym, it sort of gave me a little new life and I decided to fight while I still had a few good years left.

I want to change the way boxing is structured. There is no structure.

They did a terrific job on the boards. We couldn't grab a defensive rebound tonight. We have to make up for our lack of size with a better job of boxing out.

We need to concentrate on boxing out. We'll be outsized by a lot at state.

We need to be more consistent rebounding and boxing out. I'd also like to see more consistency.

Two of the fighters that night will emerge as stars in their respective divisions. And in today's boxing world, when television dates are hard to come by, you really have to fight the toughest fights you can to make your fighter a star. ... Two of these fighters will emerge that night, hopefully, with that label on them.

Fame is a lot of fun. Fame gets you to boxing matches, football games and cool stuff.

Danny Devito

I developed that for a long time. I also developed 'Sugar Sweet Science' at New Line and that didn't happen. That was a boxing movie. And between all that there were a couple of other things.

We have seen much-improved inside play of late. That four-man rotation is giving us everything we need out of our post play. They're boxing out, rebounding, scoring and basically, just controlling the paint.

Evander Holyfield

I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions.