If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. – Muhammad Ali
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
Champions arent made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. – Muhammad Ali
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. – Muhammad Ali
Boxing is just show business with blood. – Frank Bruno
All the time hes boxing, hes thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him. – Jack Dempsey
I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I dont fight, Ill eat this planet. – George Foreman
Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings hes gonna be disappointed anyway. – George Foreman
There aint nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. Its more exciting than looking down a cliff. – George Foreman
All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps. – Larry Holmes
Every mans got to figure to get beat sometime. – Joe Louis
Boxing is dangerous, but at least it hits the right people. – Gerhard Kocher
In the films the good guy always wins, but this is one bad guy who aint gonna lose. – Sonny Liston
Once that bell rings youre on your own. Its just you and the other guy. – Joe E. Louis
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
Its the boxers who attract the real women, after all, with their raw primeval strength, beautifully toned bodies and just a touch of vulnerability. – Eamonn Mccabe
That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didnt entirely conquer — he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation. – Hunter S. Thompson
