It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.
I never boxed until 17 and a half, I was in the Olympics at 19, and I was world champion when I was 20. I never watched a boxing match life in my life. The only boxer I had ever heard of was Muhammad Ali.
They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.
Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.
Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even TV-A. M. 's inaugural episode was enjoyed in pyjamas in my house.
I'am not predictor of fights, but I know when I hit 'em good, the fight is close to an end
Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you.
I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating
You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me.
The greatest fighter I ever saw
I am already inducted into the female boxing hall of fame and I don't know if the International Boxing Hall of Fame has any females in it. I don't know and if I don't, I'm ok with it. At this time in my life I understand that. I never want to say I'm the greatest fighter as a female.
While wrestling in college as a junior it came to a point where wrestling just wasn't enough for me anymore. I love wrestling, but I felt like I was missing something, and so the striking part about MMA, the boxing and kickboxing, was what got me really interested in MMA. I saw it on TV and I just knew that I wanted to do it.
It's only boxing, don't worry about it. Let's get it on!
In boxing, if you think you will lose. . . you're already halfway there.
The biggest fight in my life is not in boxing. The biggest fight in my life is how to end poverty in my country.
Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.
When you can count your money, you ai'nt got none.
Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.
I have the final say in the business side of my boxer's career. But as far as me being in the meetings every day, the back and forth of the paperwork and stuff like that, I have got a job to do. I am in the gym every day. The fighting lifestyle is an unforgiving one. You want to keep yourself as focussed and stress - free as possible. I have a team who focus on the more complicated aspects, on the business side of boxing, which I don't need to get myself involved in. I think I am involved in the business as much as I need to be.
Yeah I got a question: Any more excuses tonight, Roy?