Boxing Coach Quotes

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match.

MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills.

For the birth of one champion, there are many young boxers behind them who had setbacks. In terms of that, I think boxing is very dramatic.

Boxing is a family tradition. The last five generations down to my dad have been fighters.

My dad loves boxing, so he used to hold up his hands when we were little kids, and we would punch his hands, and he slowly got us little gloves, and little punching bags that he'd always hold for us.

During my career, there were times we were inseparable, and I can honestly say that if it were not for Brendan Ingle, I would not have achieved all I did in the sport of boxing.

Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.

Boxing is a great exercise ... as long as you can yell "cut" whenever you want to.

Asking the legal system to resolve divorce is like asking a boxing coach to be our marriage counselor.

They don't make them like Trevor Wittman anymore.

You know if you want to be a boxer the first time you get hit on the nose.

I started boxing when I was eight. Me and my brother Rafael started boxing in amateur tournaments when I was 13. My father was an ex-pro boxer.

There's something so familial and intimate between a boxer and his trainer.

I ran into a couple of guys who were boxers. They talked me into working out at their gym. I became obsessed with boxing and the idea of becoming a champion.

I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.

Dominic Ingle has seen me probably from 9 years old coming through. He was watching from the outside.

I boxed 15 years in a club.

I just love boxing. Train to get there and to just fight somebody.

No one likes getting hit. It's a normal thing... I used to make up excuses when the coach would ask me to get in the ring. I'd say I forgot my mouthpiece, or I'd say I had a headache or something.

To me, it's a common thing to go somewhere and box there.

I think a trainer is very important at the beginning of a fighter's career. A fighter needs to know how to throw a left, throw a right, how to duck, how to do certain things. Over time, you don't really need a trainer. You've got to train yourself. You've got to motivate yourself. And I don't think anybody can put that in you.

I hate being around boxing people. I'd rather be back in the gym.

I had to start boxing because I missed working on something and learning and I guess there's a little more aggression in boxing. I couldn't really get that side of me out, but I used to be able to by hitting a volleyball. That's why I started boxing.

That was a good fight back in the gym,” he said. “But I think you could benefit from a few more boxing lessons.