Boxing Quotations | Page 5

When she would walk, it was like rhythm. The guys' heads would bounce, but I wouldn't look because I was married.

Trainers give of themselves. So, I learned and I projected it with my fighter.

Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way.

It's been like that forever. We got spoiled by Joe Louis, by Rocky Marciano. Muhammad ruined us for everybody. He was great outside [the ring]; he was great inside. We got so accustomed to it we thought we deserved it.

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.

Of course if he loses that first fight, there's a good chance there's not going to be a second. That's how boxing is.

My team was boxing out, and I was the open guy.

My team members are Hector Soto, who is a boxing promoter and Vice-president of Miguel Cotto Promotions. He runs all my business. He was the person that my father left in charge of it all. Bryan Perez is my right-hand man.

I love boxing. I box in a local boxing gym in London. I usually spar. But I've done two fights and I lost both of them admirably. I didn't realize how much it would hurt for them to actually hit me.

The integration of a headgear in professional boxing would do so much to make it safer for young men. They could go into the sport, make a lot of money and then come out and be good grandfathers.