#boxing

We all fight for money, some for power, but most of all for love. But me, I fight to become a champion. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#book #boxing #boxing-champion #drama #family

As my future crumbled before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. My entire life's struggle was ending here, in plain view of my enemies. How was it possible? Had had I let things come to this? ↗

— Tony McMahon

#boxing #boxing-gloves #fight #fight-club #life

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#agree #boxing #i #just #like

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough. ↗

— Olivier Martinez

#accident #after #back #bad #boxing

I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#before #boxing #could #gloves #gyms

I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.' ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#first #get #grandmother #her #i

I always put my boxing first. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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I knew boxing before I knew anything else. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#before #boxing #else #i #knew

I've been doing a lot of different cross-training and kickboxing and Capoeira and kite surfing, and I've just really been back to what I consider my original athletic self. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#back #been #consider #different #doing

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for. ↗

— Andy Murray

#boxing #hardest #martial #martial arts #mixed