Top 35 Boxing Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Empowering Quotes

2. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Winning Quotes, Performance Quotes

3. “Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes

4. “I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning and thrown thunder in jail. You know I’m bad. Just last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Funny Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes

5. “Don’t make training easy. Make it harder so that you will get better.”

— Manny Pacquiao

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Practice Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Competition Quotes

6. “If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

7. “Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Loss Quotes

8. “It’s the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Self-Belief Quotes, Fighting Quotes

9. “Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Victory Quotes, Sports Quotes

10. “I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don’t tell me I can’t do something. Don’t tell me it’s impossible. Don’t tell me I’m not the greatest. I’m the double greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Athlete Quotes

11. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.””

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Success Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Perseverance Quotes

12. “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. When I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, because that’s when it really counts.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Hard Work Quotes, Willpower Quotes

13. “I am the greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Confidence Quotes, Personality Quotes, Winning Quotes

14. “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes, Athlete Quotes

15. “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Performance Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Competition Quotes

16. “Who’s gonna dare to be great?”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Boldness Quotes

17. “I am the best. There is nobody better than me.”

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Also featured in: Victory Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Quotes About Skills, Ego Quotes

18. “I push myself to the limit.”

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Also featured in: Gym Motivation Quotes, Exercise Quotes, Gym Quotes

19. “Champions aren’t made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.”

— Joe Frazier

Also featured in: Workout Quotes

20. “The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.”

— Cus D'Amato

Also featured in: Mental Strength Quotes, Warrior Quotes

21. “I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.”

— George Foreman

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Workout Quotes

22. “A champion doesn’t become a champion in the ring, he’s merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.”

— Joe Louis

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Men, Workout Quotes

23. “I wanted to be a world champion.”

— Manny Pacquiao

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Dream Big Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes

24. “It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Stay Strong Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Impossible Quotes, Epic Quotes

25. “Going that one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference in your life.”

— Sylvester Stallone

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

26. “All work is easy work.”

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

27. “SORE TODAY, STRONG TOMORROW.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Warrior Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Practice Quotes

28. “I’m a man of my word.”

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

29. “Don’t be surprised if I behave like a savage. I am a savage.”

— Mike Tyson

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Fight Club Quotes

30. “I’m too fast. I’m too smart. I’m too pretty.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Silly Quotes, Smart Quotes, Competition Quotes, Ego Quotes

31. “Fear is like fire; it can be helpful if you know how to use it. If not, you’ll get burned.”

— Mike Tyson

32. “A setback only paves the way for a comeback.”

— Evander Holyfield

Also featured in: Recovery Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes

33. “To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.”

— Sugar Ray Robinson

Also featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Gym Quotes

34. “Can’t be touched, Can’t be stopped, Can’t be moved, Can’t be rocked, Can’t be shook.”

— Roy Jones Jr.

35. “Boxing is not about killing each other.”

— Manny Pacquiao

36. “You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel. The job has to be done.”

— Mike Tyson

37. “To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.”

— Cus D'Amato

38. “No notes. You speak from deep in your heart. It’s easy. ”

— Manny Pacquiao

39. “A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.”

— Cus D'Amato