Sonny Bill Williams Quotes

I say the sweet science is to understand not only how to fight coming forward, how to be a big puncher, but also understand, if you run into a guy who can take your punch for the first time, how to react.

When you fight a shorter fighter, you attack with uppercuts.

I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

With me, boxing's a beautiful sport.

When I step into the ring with someone, this has got to be their vacation spot, but my home turf. So I go the opposite side seven rounds doing the same thing. Skipping, skipping, skipping. Then I go seven rounds going both ways. Skip to the left, skip to the right.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself.

I love to box, because I think boxing is an art.

I'm a big cat. I'm 6-5. I'm not worried about weight. Nobody's coming to see a weight fight. They're coming to see the Big Dog fight.

The value of a Bismack Biyombo is the speed and agility that he has at the center position.

Boxing is all hard work. I don't care what level you're on.

Boxing is something I'm very into.

I've been working a lot on my jab.

I don't just rely on my right hand when I'm in the ring. That's the least thing I think about. I think about the preparation I've trained for, and I try to execute. And guys can't stand up to the power. I've been blessed with that, and it's something that can't be taught.

I like to think I know my boxing.

My job is to work my best boxing in the ring.

Watching some heavyweights like Mike Tyson, he inspired me to work with my speed because he beat people with power, but most of the time, he beat people with speed.

I've had a lot of people tell me I'm faster than Tyson.

Mayweather is Mayweather. He's always good. He stays in shape, takes care of himself.

I'm a boxer by nature, so, obviously, the jab is always key - but it is nice to know you've got a right hand behind it.

I just love boxing. I'm in love with the sport.

When I come in throwing shots from different angles and with both hands, I've been knocking people clean out.

From the beginning, when my brother Vadim first took me to the boxing gym at 10, I was able to punch hard, and the coach always put me with older boys because of that.

Forget about jiu-jitsu and wrestling - I'm a boxing guy.