As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one. – Gene Tunney
Once or twice a week, I try to do some kind of boxing. I’m hitting the bags and jumping rope – all that stuff. – Mekhi Phifer
I’m not itching for a fight. But I’m just saying when I see the other guy putting on his boxing gloves and, you know, you’ve got dancing around in the ring, I kind of suspect that maybe a fight’s coming. – Phil Gingrey
But boxing was my profession. I had to go back the second time because I was broke and I couldn’t just go and get a college degree and earn it. I had too many bills, too many families. – George Foreman
I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it. – Nonito Donaire
I wasn’t instructed to do any special training for ‘Hawkgirl,’ but I had started boxing a few weeks prior and stuck with that for several months leading up to the start of production. – Ciara Renee
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. – Martha Hunt
We all think we’ve got one more boxing match in us, and that, probably, will be the downfall of Floyd Mayweather, George Foreman, Manny Pacquiao. We’ll overstay our welcome. – George Foreman
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches. – George Foreman
Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off. – Cara Castronuova
To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at times, that of carnival circuses. – Dan Hill
Sugar Ray wouldn’t give me a rematch, and that’s the reason I walked away from boxing. – Marvin Hagler
I was lucky. I held on to some of my money. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do after boxing. But I found what I wanted to do. – Gerry Cooney
If my son wants a boxing career, I won’t stop him, but I definitely won’t push him. It’s bad for a kid to be pressured. – Gerry Cooney
