Quotes having the keyword Boxing
Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.
by Joyce Carol Oates (Novelist, American , born in 1938) keywords: being, boxing, devastating, feeling, hit, hitting, just, more, pain, paralysis, psychological, rather, than , winning The real problem today is the ineffective and inconsistent oversight of professional boxing, which has led to continuing scandals, controversies, unethical practices, and unnecessary injuries and deaths in the sport.
by Charles W. Pickering (Judge, American , born in 1937) keywords: boxing, continuing, controversies, deaths, inconsistent, ineffective, injuries, led, oversight, practices, problem, professional, real, scandals, sport, today, unethical, unnecessary , which Today, many fans are saddened and upset by the lack of integrity they see in professional boxing that has significantly weakened the sport - the most deplorable problem of which is the treatment of the sport's athletes.
by Charles W. Pickering (Judge, American , born in 1937) keywords: athletes, boxing, deplorable, fans, integrity, lack, many, most, problem, professional, saddened, see, significantly, sport, today, treatment, upset, weakened , which I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.
by Dick Schaap (Journalist, American , born in 1934) keywords: ali, bad, balance, been, boxing, could, did, done, good, heck, job, king, promoted, promoting, some, things, think , very It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.
by Dick Schaap (Journalist, American , born in 1934) keywords: been, both, boxing, cases, characters, decline, greatest, hero, horse, ironic, kind, lack, racing, sports, suitable , two Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.
by Dick Schaap (Journalist, American , born in 1934) keywords: boxing, generally, him, love, might, mike, outside, repulsed, some, sport, therefore , tyson Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.
by Dick Schaap (Journalist, American , born in 1934) keywords: boxing, championship, during, either, every, four, lose, months, ray, robinson, seemed, sugar, three, top, win, world , would It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.
by Jimmy Smits (Actor, American , born in 1955) keywords: any, boxing, chess, different, end, enough, game, hard, how, know, less, many, mental, moment, physical, preparation, situation, skilled, than, trained, training , ways I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me.
by Leon Spinks (Athlete, American , born in 1953) keywords: blame, boxing, decide, did, go, him, into, push , wanted 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.
by Gene Tunney (Athlete, American , born in 1897) keywords: around, been, blow, boxing, dodging, fooling, gloves, had, interested, kid, more, reason, side, some, striking, temperament, than , west Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
by Gene Tunney (Athlete, American , born in 1897) keywords: basketball, boxing, breathing, jumping, much, part, running, swimming , were My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.
by Gene Tunney (Athlete, American , born in 1897) keywords: always, ambition, been, boxing, defense, gibbons, had, mike, order, own, ring, skillful , speed Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly.
by Gene Tunney (Athlete, American , born in 1897) keywords: before, boxing, eat, four, hours, less, lightly, never, only, than , then
