Boxing Life Quotes

There's many ups and downs in the fight game.

Anybody who knows me knows that I don't just love this sport, I am in love with it. I am really in love with this sport. I am obsessed with boxing. I eat, breathe and sleep it. You know, I do it all; this is my life. This is not a hobby for me. This is a lifestyle for me, and I address it accordingly. I take it very, very seriously.

Boxing has been my life, and it is my life. I've enjoyed every moment of it.

This is no ordinary nine to five day job and I have a 24/7 in terms of my boxing and my career as a professional sportsman.

Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life.

I just want to make money, get on with my life, and be involved in good fights. If I'm not going to be involved in good fights, then what's the point being a boxer?

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.

The life of a boxing athlete is short, so I don't have time to waste or time to take tune-up fights or whatever.

Everything in our family was always boxing. It was the life my father chose for me.

Boxing will always be in my life.

Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me.