“I am not going to become crazy in the ring, because I am already crazy. And I am not going to die in the ring. I am going to die in bed as an old man.” MenDiesCrazyBedRingsOld Man Author:Roberto Duran
“I really feel that if it wasnt for the accident, Id still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained.” IfsFeelsMadeStillsFightingSoundDoctorsAccidentsFighter Author:Roberto Duran
“Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.” WantedRingsKill Me Author:Roberto Duran
“I'm not God, but I am something similar.” SportsFighterBoxingMotivational SportsDuran Duran Author:Roberto Duran
“I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me grow into becoming a world champion.” WorldWantHeartStatesAmericaGrowsUnitedUnited StatesSawsBecomingChampionThank YouWorld Champions Author:Roberto Duran
“I am not an animal in my personal life. But in the ring there is an animal inside me. Sometimes it roars when the first bell rights. Sometimes it springs out later in a fight. But i can always feel it there, driving me and pushing me forward. It is what makes me win. It makes me enjoy fighting.” FeelsFirstsI CanSometimesFightingWinningEnjoyAnimalRightsSpringDrivingRingsPushingBellsPersonal Life Author:Roberto Duran
“The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.” WorldFightingTitlesBoxers Author:Roberto Duran
“If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather” IfsWantWould BeFightingMedicalMayweatherClearance Author:Roberto Duran
“Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters” WayShouldFightingFighterFavoritismRefs Author:Roberto Duran
“I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk” IfsThinkingBigsWould BeNamesLaughingToo MuchBeatsErasBack In TimeMayweatherFloyd Mayweather Author:Roberto Duran
“Yes, it's true I once knocked out a horse. It was at a fiesta in my mother's home town of Guarare. Someone bet me a bottle of whiskey that I couldn't do it” HomeMotherHorseTownsBottlesWhiskeyHome TownFiesta Author:Roberto Duran
“Everybody says it: black, white; everybody calls me a legend. Italians, Jews. Everybody” BlackWhiteJewCall MeLegendsBlack White Author:Roberto Duran
“De La Hoya doesn't know about salsa. He should keep on singing mariachis and leave the salsa to me. I'm good at salsa.” KnowsShouldSingingSalsa Author:Roberto Duran
“Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters.” CompanyWisePartnersFighterPromotionCubaRepresenting Author:Roberto Duran
“Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.” GuyThreeFighterBoxingMotivational SportsDuran Duran Author:Roberto Duran
“Nobody stands out right now. Everybody has similar styles. None of these fighters have reinvented the wheel and created a new style.” StyleRight NowFighterWheelsStanding Out Author:Roberto Duran
