Boxing Quotes for Boys

"Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches"

- Roberto Duran

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"He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me."

- Floyd Mayweather

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"We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people"

- Sugar Ray Leonard

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"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision."

- Muhammad Ali

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"The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these, his body, his look, you know, all these things have to do with discipline and structure. He was able to go against the biggest guy, regardless of who he was"

- Evander Holyfield

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"It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment."

- Jimmy Smits

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"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

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"I don't count my sit-ups. I only start counting once it starts hurting"

- Muhammad Ali

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"Boxing has been in my blood since I can remember. It comes naturally to me, and I've enjoyed it ever since I started, at the age of six"

- Oscar De La Hoya

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"My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York"

- Sonny Liston

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