Oscar De La Hoya Quotes

#1. As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think about coming back, but I am retired, and after speaking to my family and following a great deal of introspection, I have decided to stay retired.

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#2. There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

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#3. I wouldn't recommend [boxing] to any child of mine. I would rather he played golf or something.

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#4. Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.

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#5. I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.

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#6. I told you before, I'll fight anyone. I don't care.

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#7. Boxing has been in my blood since I can remember. It comes naturally to me, and I've enjoyed it ever since I started, at the age of six.

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#8. Every time I work out in the gym, every time I train, I know I'm going to do well. But I like surprising the fans, the critics, the people who doubt me.

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#9. I tried to do the impossible on paper
beat the middleweight champ coming up from 130 pounds.

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#10. Ever since I met [my wife], my life has been different. I have what I want. I have my Jewel in Millie.

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#11. I was a little kid who used to fight a lot in the street-and get beat up.

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#12. After doing an honest evaluation of myself, I recognize that there are certain issues that I need to work on. Like everyone, I have my flaws, and I do not want to be one of those people that is afraid to admit and address those flaws.

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#13. When people say I can't or I musn't, I always say I can and I will.

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#14. I feel amazing, in my life right now, I have so much motivation. I am so hungry and so determined. I am young, I am healthy and I feel great ... 42 is the new 32.

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#15. The fight life, that was easy. This is a battle I have every day.

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#16. You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.

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#17. By the time I retire, I will have fought the best. I will have made my money. Maybe I'll be a boxing commentator. I'll go back to school, definitely. I already have a plan. My life's set. I'll be on an island, married, playing golf in the sun. That will be my life.

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#18. Ever since I've been boxing, it's always been the case that when I go inside the ring a switch goes off and my attitude changes totally from the person I am outside it. I really can't explain why or how.

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#19. I think my body went through a lot, went through the wringer. In terms of being inside the ring, getting hit, but also outside the ring, living a crazy life.

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#20. I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and know I took everyone on.

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#21. My dad has never once told me after a fight that I did well.

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