#boxing

Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a boxer's opponent provides a kind of companionship, someone he can grapple with and grunt at. In tennis you stand face-to-face with the enemy, trade blows with him, but never touch him or talk to him, or anyone else. The rules forbid a tennis player from even talking to his coach while on the court. People sometimes mention the track-and-field runner as a comparably lonely figure, but I have to laugh. At least the runner can feel and smell his opponents. They're inches away. In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement.... ↗

— Andre Agassi

#loneliness #opponents #solitary-confinement #tennis #men

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#boxing #gloves #got #i #person

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#always #another #boxing #brought #either

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. ↗

— Frank Bruno

#toughest #world

I developed that for a long time. I also developed 'Sugar Sweet Science' at New Line and that didn't happen. That was a boxing movie. And between all that there were a couple of other things. ↗

— Danny DeVito

#between #boxing #couple #developed #happen

Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen. ↗

— Dustin Diamond

#boxing #boxing match #dude #front #gonna

The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register. ↗

— Bob Verdi

#bell #belongs #boxing #cash #cash register

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches. ↗

— George Foreman

#before #boxing #fighter #good #i

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won. ↗

— George Foreman

#foreman #george #george foreman #i #seen

Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match. ↗

— George Foreman

#boxing #boxing match #dangerous #getting #hurt