I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion. — Idi Amin
The most famous athletes throughout the history of time are fighters. — Dana White
I'm not like a full athlete. But I'm definitely a boxer. — Logan Paul
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. — Muhammad Ali
Boxing is by far one of the best things to happen to my life. — Logan Paul
A boxer is like a lion, the greatest predator on land, but you throw him in the shark tank and he's just another meal. — Renzo Gracie
Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw punches with bad intentions. — Cus D'Amato
Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. — Frank Bruno
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world. — Joe Louis
Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up. — Muhammad Ali
MMA guys, we sparred a lot of them training for KSI because of the wild punches. — Logan Paul
We put on fights between the best fighters; we don't put on freak shows. — Dana White
I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won. — Muhammad Ali
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. — Muhammad Ali
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. — Muhammad Ali
Short Boxing Champions Quotes
Whether boxing is fixable or not remains to be seen. I'm going to give it a shot. — Dana White
Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living. — Evander Holyfield
You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. — James J. Corbett
In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess. — Lennox Lewis
The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men. — Joe Frazier
We gon' float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. AH! Rumble, young man rumble! AH! — Drew Bundini Brown
I've been in the fight business my whole life. I know fighters. — Dana White
Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. — Joe Frazier
Theres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest — Manny Pacquiao
Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing. — Sugar Ray Leonard
Boxing Champions Image Quotes
At the end of the game the kind and the pawn go back in the same box.
World Champions Quotes
All I care about is that people are being entertained. It's not about being the world champion [in wrestling], it's about exciting the people. If you walk away entertained, then I did my job, and that's all I care about. — Randy Savage
We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war. — Jimmy Carter
I think Cormier's one of the greatest to ever do it. Two-time, two-division world champion. — Dana White
Champions train, losers complain.
The Premier League is one of the most difficult in the world. There's five, six, or seven clubs that can be the champions. Only one can win, and all the others are disappointed and live in the middle of disaster. — Jurgen Klopp
The UAE’s policy will continue to champion peace and stability in our region and the wider world, supporting others and advocating for wisdom and co-operation for the good of mankind. — Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames. The present World Champion has not the strength of the other three as an endgame player, and is therefore inferior to them. — Jose Raul Capablanca
Champions train. Losers complain.
I'm not thinking about coaching, I'm thinking about heading to Washington, watching the world champions and my brother coach — Jon Gruden
We're going to be World Champions...forever. — Alex Morgan
The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it. — Sayings
What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world. — Idris Elba
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. — Muhammad Ali
Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made. — Gabby Douglas
Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights. — Joe Frazier
If my dreams can happen to me, your dreams can happen to you. Champions are not made on the track or field; champions are made by the things you accomplish and the way you use your abilities in everyday life situations. — Bob Beamon
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison. — Mahatma Gandhi
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a vision, a dream.
The will must be stronger than the skill. — Muhammad Ali
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion. — Michael Johnson
A champion isn’t made of muscle; a champion is made of heart. — Liang Chow
Real Champions Quotes
Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well. — Cathy Freeman
Real champions fight through adversity. — Conor McGregor
We need real and dedicated fighters and champions in the UFC. It’s simply the best organization in the world. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best. — Althea Gibson
Anybody can quit. Only a real champion and a person of character and strength can keep going and refuse to give up. — Sadie Robertson
I was captain in Atletico at 19, playing in the same team as Demetrio Albertini, who won three Champions Leagues, and Sergi Barjuan from Barcelona, who had won everything, and they were 32, 33. I was a kid as captain, so I wasn't the real captain, just a kid learning from them. — Fernando Torres
Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.
The real champions in life are so humble and gracious. They just continue doing what they do without all the posturing. If you've got the real thing, you don't have to flaunt a loud imitation. — Denis Waitley
India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing. — Sunil Gavaskar
I only want to fight real champions; I want to fight real opponents, so that I can climb the latter. — Keith Thurman
They (Bayern Munich) lost in the semi-finals of the Champions League to Real Madrid last year, and the year before that were beaten in the final by Manchester United, so their European pedigree is second to none. — Simon Brotherton
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. — Muhammad Ali
To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion anymore. — Rocky Marciano
A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion. — Evander Holyfield
I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself. — Lana Parrilla
A champion shows who he is by what he does. — Evander Holyfield
It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. — Muhammad Ali
When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, "What do you want to be?" I think he was expecting me to say, "A champion." I said, "I want to be special." I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids. — Sugar Ray Leonard
I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up. — Sugar Ray Leonard
Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers — Manny Pacquiao
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand. — George Foreman
A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion. If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it. — Marvin Hagler
Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion. — Joe Frazier
If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass. — Randall Tex Cobb
They only delivered the newspaper once a week where I lived in Oklahoma, and those people lived and died with the box score of my games. My biggest moment was winning the World Series because everyone in my town was able to feel he was a world champion. — Johnny Bench
People don't realise what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing. — Muhammad Ali
All boxing experts told Helenius is the next world champion! Chisora beat him. — Vitali Klitschko
MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world. — Nelson Mandela
The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses the two. — Jean-Paul Sartre
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. — Jeff Fenech
It hurts me because of what he's doing to boxing. Because one of the most important world titles is at stake now. The champion has to defend it against the best. — Sayings
The sun rises every day. What is to love? Lock the sun in a box. Force the sun to overcome adversity in order to rise. Then we will cheer! I will often admire beautiful sunrise, but I will never consider the sun a champion for having risen. — Garth Stein
I became so disciplined when I was on tag. I would be at home by eight o'clock, and because I had boxing, I lived the disciplined life. I started reading because I learnt that so many champions educated themselves. Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins. Before, it was 'act now, think later' - but the discipline and reading changed me. — Anthony Joshua
I think it's doing a good job at the things that Premier Boxing Champions was setting out for. I think it is still heading in the right direction, I don't think it's over. It is definitely bringing more boxing fans and an audience from people that normally wouldn't be watching boxing. I think it's doing a great job and will probably do a better job in the future. — Lamont Peterson
Yeah, I thought I could be heavyweight champion of the world when I was working with Ali and Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers and all those guys. Because they were older than me and I was doing my thing. — Larry Holmes
America is the mecca of boxing, and they've had some great champions here. It's good to establish your skills and let people know what you're about in the States. — Anthony Joshua
A great champion needs a background in amateur boxing, I'm convinced of that. There you learn everything that youll need later as a pro. Someone whos got more than 400 amateur fights behind him no longer gets nervous before going into the ring and doesnt lose his nerve during a fight. You know all the boxing styles, youre prepared for anything, youve got the pedigree that you need to be a successful pro. — Lennox Lewis
Boxing and chess are similar. Its about the choice of means. Sometimes I need a pawn, a bishop or a knight to defeat my opponent. Its about finding the best way. A good boxer has to be variable. He doesnt just need to know how to punch. He must also know how to protect himself, how to defend, how to avoid the opponents punches. Only a complete fighter can become champion. — Lennox Lewis
My boxing inspiration is to one day become world champion, to go as far as I can go and see where it takes me. — Keith Thurman
Mitt Romney announced he will fight former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match. You can tell that Romney is serious about it. Today, his butler gave him a piggyback ride up the steps of the Philadelphia art museum. — Jimmy Fallon
Mitt Romney, two-time Republican presidential hopeful, boxed former heavyweight champion of the world Evander Holyfield for charity. It was a horrible moment when Romney bit off Holyfield's other ear. — David Letterman
Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler. — Teddy Atlas
No matter what nationality or color is champion, we Irish like to say that we have a heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney retired, who can come back and take the title at any time. — Tommy Gibbons
Many people who have been around boxing all those years never had a champion, certainly a heavyweight champion....For that to happen in one's lifetime is so improbable. I got Floyd Patterson, then, here, at the age of 76, I was fortunate to come in contact with this young man who has, in my opinion, all the requirements to be a champion that I believe he's going to be, maybe the best that ever lived. — Cus D'Amato
Don King was good to me through my years as champion, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's a wheeler dealer and you've got to be careful. He's a great con artist. — Larry Holmes
You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me. — Muhammad Ali
To become a champion, fight one more round. — James Corbitt
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