#boxing

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#boxing #breathing #jumping #me #much

My mum and I do cardio kickboxing classes together. ↗

— Vanessa Hudgens

#classes #i #i do #kickboxing #mum

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

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#insult #insult

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

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

There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great. ↗

— Marvin Hagler

#focus #great #hard #i #lack

I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan. ↗

— Walter Hill

#been #boxing #fair #fan #i