Bob Hope Quotes

There is nothing more terrifying than lying in the ring and feeling that your hand has gone numb.

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.

When you knock people out, it's sometimes a very scary situation - but I always hoped that no one got seriously hurt. Now when I see them get knocked out, I laugh. When you finish the game, it's funny. And when I look at film of myself, I think, 'I wouldn't fight that guy.'

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

The corner is there to help you clean your cuts up and put your Vaseline on, not to throw in the towel.

Those 'Rocky' endings are great in the movies and on the stage, but I don't think it would be too smart for me to get into that kind of fight in the ring.

I remember the first time I stepped into the ring at age 16. I loved hitting things... but who likes getting hit?!

I belong in the ring.

Amateur boxing is one of the safest sports around.

I love to fight, and I'm looking forward to being back in the ring, getting the victory, and moving on to challenge for the World Heavyweight title.

I don't look at my opponent's eyes in the ring. I watch his gloves so that I can block or avoid his punches.

As an amateur, there are three rounds, and you have to give it all you have, throw as many punches as you can.

One thing you understand quickly as a fighter is that you're not punching with eight or 10 oz. Gloves. We've got 4 oz. gloves. It only takes one good shot for a fight to be over.

My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only place I got hurt was out of the ring.

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man.

Boxing is dangerous. Anything can happen, so you need supreme confidence. That's why I represent myself like nobody can beat me, because I need to truly believe it.

I'm not a boxer.

Listen, I'm the champ, and I'm not going to pick and choose who I fight.

This is boxing, everybody fights everybody.

I stretch for a full hour before a fight because I know I'm going to take a lot of punishment in the ring. That's my secret.

When the bell rings in between the ropes, I'm in charge. No one can touch me. That's my time, no one can touch me.

Unlike most sports playing fields, a boxing ring is a temporary structure.

A boxing ring looks different from the inside, particularly when it's shared with another man who is intent upon rendering you unconscious. There's no place to hide. Once a fighter climbs the stairs, he's roped in, unable to leave until his night's work is done.