Boxing Stories Quotes

#1. Everyone in the place seen me nut him apart from the ref, it caught him on the blind side. I tried to nut him on the eyebrow so it would split open, but I got him on the forehead. The crowd turned right against me, but I made it to the last bell and lost on a unanimous decision.

Stephen Richards

#2. In the last round I was so wiped-out that for the first time in my life I tried to get disqualified. He was throwing punches non-stop and he was dangerous with those shots and becoming a little bit too cute for my liking. I backed to the ropes and catapulted off them and nutted him.

Stephen Richards

#3. In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.

Damon Runyon

#4. I've never worn incredible clothes - I'm not used to playing someone so put together and fashionable.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

#5. The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.

Neal A. Maxwell

#6. I have four grown children and two tiny grandchildren.

Brock Yates

#7. If at my funeral they're talking about my boxing stories, I'd be disappointed because this is just a springboard for when I'm finished. It's just a game. It's pretty silly when you think about it: two grown men punching each other in the face and taking it seriously.

Mark De Mori

#8. A good thing in one's ignorance is that one doesn't know that s/he
doesn't know.

Eraldo Banovac

#9. Those we love, we can grow to hate. And life ... life can be perfect one minute and in shambles the next.

Gena Showalter

#10. I must have been crazy for taking that fight, I should have told Anth to get on his bike, but what made it worse was I knew if I were in shape I'd have beaten him inside of two rounds. Some people reckon fighters must have a little madness in them, I reckon they might be right.

Stephen Richards