Muhammad Ali Quotes

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

My concentration with players is the next match, focus only to work for the next match and how we can win.

When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right across from me.

Canelo's going to have his moments. I'm not saying he's not. But I'm going to have my moments. It will come down to who can finish off their moments and finish the fight the best.

I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking.

I spar in the gym, and I take pride in my sparring. But I'm a better fighter when the lights come on because it's right now - there is no tomorrow.

We think game by game.

I want to be a champion for a long time, and I want to take the least amount of punishment possible doing so.

I just play my game. I know if I play well I will win.

We must take on each match as best we can and try to recover from each as quickly as possible.

Playing defense hard gets me going offensively.

Even if we don't play fantastically, with good passing and precision and finesse, the most important thing is to win.

I don't do anything different for any opponent. I just do me.

When I played cricket for the West Indies, I never worried. I never really watched anyone else. I had a job to do, and I tried to do it to the best of my ability.

I am not looking at Dec Spelman as if he is a fighter I can just walk through. I don't go out looking for knockouts.

Every time I get in the ring, I have to give 110 per cent because my opponents have nothing to lose and everything to gain, so I have to make sure I go in there with my A-game and come away with the victory.

When I get in there, I'm not really worried about scoring. I'm just worried about playing as hard defense as I can play, making my opponent work, and then I know the offensive end will open up for me. I've been a scorer all my life, so that's what I try to pride myself on. It feels good.

Robert Easter Jr. is a tough fighter who I have to take very seriously and I do, and that's why we did a nine-week training camp and got the great sparring, got the right training, the right diet, everything.

People deal with the concentration needed to do well in a two-hour race in different ways.

I am a professional when I get in the ring.

I think to give everything I have on court is the best thing to do to win tournaments.

I am aware of what my opponent Avila brings and the experience he has. He's tough, throws hard shots and is a good counterpuncher.

I hustle, I run down the line, I do whatever I can to win ball games. Those are the only things we can control as baseball players.

I feel like if I play my game then I can beat anyone on my day, so there's no pressure.