“I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No, I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander. I'm the best ever! There's never been anybody as ruthless! I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!” WantHeartChildrenFearStylePraiseDefenseLike MeChampionBoxingBrutalViciousMikeRuthlessConquerorBest EverImpetuous Author:Mike Tyson
“I just want to taste what it's like to win in New York” WantWinningNew YorkTasteBaseballBoxing Author:David Wright
“Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw punches with bad intentions.” WinningSuccessfulExcitingIntentionEntertainmentFighterBoxingBeing SuccessfulBad Intentions Author:Cus D'Amato
“There are very few new things in this world, very few. That's why people that are young, if they're smart, try to profit from the experience of an older guy so they won't have to go through all the pain and suffering. But a certain amount of pain and suffer is good, because it makes a person think they've learned.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldTryingPersonsPainYoungGuyCertainSufferingThis WorldAmountSmartProfitBoxingNew ThingsPain And SufferingOlder Guys Author:Cus D'Amato
“There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the best. You have to practice and train to become the best.” DifferentBornNaturalPracticeTrainBoxingAptitudePunching Author:Cus D'Amato
“I never teach until I've spoken to the fighter. I have to first determine his emotional state, get his background, to find out what I have to do, how many layers I have to keep peeling off so that I get to the core of the person so that he can recognize, as well as I, what is there.” FirstsWellsPersonsStatesTeachEmotionalDetermineCoreBackgroundsFighterBoxingLayersPeeling Author:Cus D'Amato
“Every fighter that ever lived had fear. A boy comes to me and tells me that he's not afraid, if I believed him I'd say he's a liar or there's something wrong with him. I'd send him to a doctor to find out what the hell's the matter with him, because this is not a normal reaction. The fighter that's gone into the ring and hasn't experienced fear is either a liar or a psychopath.” IfsMatterBoysGoneHellNormalDoctorsRingsReactionsFighterBoxingLiarsNot AfraidPsychopath Author:Cus D'Amato
“When you get hit that's when you've got to be calm. A professional fighter has to learn how to hit and not get hit, and at the same time be exciting. That's what professional boxing is about. You've got to be clever, you've got to be smart, and not get hit, and when you're able to do this, you're a fighter.” AbleSmartExcitingCalmCleverFighterBoxingBeing Smart Author:Cus D'Amato