Thomas Hauser Quotes

Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.

Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right - when he knocks you down, you'll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again.

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

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.

I just fight whoever is weighing in on the time it's to weigh in.

I started boxing when I was eight. I enjoyed when I could hit someone and they couldn't hit me back. It was like a game for me. The feeling of knocking someone out. My first knockout victory was when I was ten. He went down and his nose started to bleed, so they stopped it.

Boxing is always serious.

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.

The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.

This is boxing, not tennis. Everyone likes a bit of rivalry, it makes for a good fight.

I've fought a lot of prospects.

Boxing's a very lonely sport. That ring is the loneliest place in the world.

Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.

I'm not itching for a fight. But I'm just saying when I see the other guy putting on his boxing gloves and, you know, you've got dancing around in the ring, I kind of suspect that maybe a fight's coming.

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.

There's nothing like getting in the ring.

My job is to hit somebody until the referee pulls me off.

Boxing, for me, is all about drama and victory, and there is plenty more to come.

In boxing, everybody has their favorites.

Boxing is always serious. Nothing comical or funny about boxing.

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

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.'

With me, boxing's a beautiful sport.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.