I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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.
It's hard to get up at 6am when you're wearing silk pyjamas.
He was crying in there, making woman gestures.
The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified.
If I did want to come back, I was going to make, what, $50 million? You know what; don't call my phone unless you've got $100 million.
You run for forty-five minutes, you train for an hour and a half, and the rest of the time you hang out and talk tough
Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.
I give them the head, choke them, hit them in the balls. You'rehting, not playing the piano, you know
Naw, it's like ants up there, man. Like ants that sound like lions!
The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.
If I was mentoring a young fighter, I'd tell him to spend more time on boxing. That doesn't mean I would ignore kickboxing - you still need to learn the defenses - but in stand-up, it's hard to beat good, solid boxing.
I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
Against the odd's, I have persevered, I am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great nation. I have coffee and cocktails with presidents and dictators. I'm an international figure, a citizen of the world. I've made it.
Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing
I was backstage at the House of Blues in L. A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned up at my dressing room together! Stevie started beat boxing and Prince started singing one of my songs, all of a sudden it was like I was in a cypher with these incredible artists.
In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because they’re ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didn’t see coming.
When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher.
Dempsey could beat anybody he could hit. The only reason that he couldn't do anything with fellows like Tunney or Greb or myself was he couldn't hit us.
I don't think boxing took more from me then I got in return. It gave me everything that I took from it. It was all fair.