All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
Maybe I'll go to acting school. Acting is like boxing, you know.
Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.
Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life.
Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.
The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register.
I don't want to be named myself as one of the elite boxers of Puerto Rico. That's for the fans and for the people that know about boxing. I just want to do my job the best I can, and I am going to do that the rest of my career.
I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.
Now Mayweather has retired, Alavrez is the biggest name in boxing, and I'm looking forward to pitting my wits against him.
James Franco is a Method actor. I respect Method actors, but he never snapped out of character. Whenever we'd have to get in the ring for boxing scenes, and even during practice, the dude was full-on hitting me.
Boxing never hurt me at all.
Maybe with boxing and good focus, I can fix myself and make my mother proud.
I have a personal trainer. But I tried boxing; I tried ballet. I tried everything to see what works best for my body.
I'm not going to be boxing forever, but I've put no time-cap on it, really.
With kangaroos, you say 'Sit!' and they start boxing with you. They're nuts!
A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.
I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.
Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.
Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
I made an instant connection with boxing right away. Boxing became such a part of me. I ate boxing, I slept boxing, I lived boxing. Boxing was a way of expressing myself because I was not that outspoken.
I'm already the face of the UFC, plus the face of boxing, WWE, and Hollywood.
Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen.
I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wanted to do it. So, it didn't come from me watching my father. I didn't know the sport existed; therefore, I wasn't really interested in it until I saw it.
I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak.
There are boxing fans, and there are fans of the UFC. People want to see blood, but people like both.
Boxing is what pays my bills.
Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.
I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.
Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.
There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.
Boxing is my true calling. I've found my purpose in life.
I try to keep it in a very low impact - I have scoliosis, so exercises can be really hard on my back, whether it's too much running, jumping or boxing. I'll do those things once in a while, but I keep it mostly Pilates, resistance-band based, softer exercises that build strength from inside the muscle.
I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.