Quotes by David Haye - Page 3 | QuoteForever

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Muhammad Ali is my hero. Yes, he was the best boxer in the world, but he also put himself on the line. He talked when black Americans had to be quiet.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Black
Hero
Muhammad
Quiet
Ali
Also
Black Americans
Boxer
Himself
Line
Put
Talked
Yes
Copy Quote
It's often my opponent's plan to take me into the later rounds, but the amount of damage that has accumulated on them means they don't hear the final bell.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Damage
Rounds
Accumulate
Bell
Final
Opponent
Copy Quote
Amir Khan will come back and he will win back the world title because I know the guy personally, and I know what he's made off. There's no quit in this guy.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Guy
Motivation
Winning
Copy Quote
The Klitschkos don't care about being great fighters, whereas I do. They may be big in Switzerland, but so are yodellers, and nobody wants to watch them fight.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Don't Care
Switzerland
Fighters
Whereas
Copy Quote
Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward. Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali. You get these rivalries in boxing - not that often, so when you do get them, why do you want to sanitise it?
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Boxing
Ali
Joe
Rivalries
Ward
Copy Quote
Every boxer needs to be able to punch, but none more than me, and that's because I'm not that skilful, and I'm one of the smallest heavyweights you'll ever see.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Smallest
Me See More
Heavyweight
Punch
Copy Quote
The only thing on my mind is getting into that ring and destroying a boxing myth, someone who has reached a level of infamy through doing a number of stupid things.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Motivation
Numbers
Stupid
Copy Quote
I would love to have gone there, fight at Madison Square Garden or a casino in Las Vegas, but there are no American heavyweights now who can pose a challenge to me.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Garden
Las Vegas
Madison
Vegas
Now
Love Fight Me
Casino
Challenge
Fight
Heavyweight
Pose
Square
Copy Quote
What I want to achieve in boxing is worldwide. I want to show I'm not just a British commodity... To do that, you have to fight the best and fight all over the world.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Boxing
Commodity
Best World Fight
Best Fight World
Worldwide
Copy Quote
Look what the Rumble in the Jungle did for Zaire. No one had ever heard of Zaire until then. After Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman for the title, no one forgets it.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Heard
Jungle
Muhammad
Ali
Foreman
Forgets
Fought
George
George Foreman
Title
Copy Quote
Once I have beaten Mormeck, I don't feel there'll be anything left to prove. After winning the world title, I will be recognised as the No. 1 cruiserweight in the world.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Beaten
Prove
Winning
Recognised
Title
Copy Quote
He's got one of the best chins I've ever hit in my life. I was catching him and he was smiling at me, he was eating them. He's a great fighter, he'll be champion one day.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Champion
Motivation
One Day
Copy Quote
When I'm training, I use heavier crepe for wraps, for protection - but you're not allowed to use them in competition. So when it comes to the fight, the wraps are softer.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Protection
Heavier
Softer
Copy Quote
It was always about being first, about winning. There were no prizes for second place. My mother and father said, 'Do whatever you want, as long as you're the best at it.'
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Long
Mother
Mother And Father
Said
Second Place
Winning
Whatever
Place
Prizes
Second
Copy Quote
In 2000, I got stuck in the sea off Cyprus after I fell off a boat. I was out there for over an hour. I am not a strong swimmer, but adrenaline kicked in, and I swam back.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Adrenaline
Boat
Cyprus
Sea
Swimmer
Copy Quote
It would be nice to crack America, but I need the opponent to do that. If Eddie Chambers is the best American heavyweight they can dig up, it's a very sad state of affairs.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Affairs
Be Nice
Chambers
Crack
Dig
Eddie
Heavyweight
Opponent
Copy Quote
People are at the mercy of internet trolls who bring people who are excellent in their fields down to their level. They're diminishing someone's flame to make theirs brighter.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Flames
Levels
People
Copy Quote
One of my favourite fighters was Lennox Lewis - he got out at number one. A fight with the winner of the Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua fight would put me at number one.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Fighter
Fighting
Numbers
Copy Quote
He is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. I have watched Lord of the Rings and films with strange looking people, but for a human being to look like he does is pretty shocking.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Doe
Motivation
People
Copy Quote
The bigger the pressure, the sharper I am, the more in tune with my body I am, the better my tactics seem to be. A lot of people crumble under pressure; they do something crazy.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Crumble
Sharper
Tune
Copy Quote
The Hayemaker is a dangerous fellow who, when the bell rings, is on a seek and destroy mission, by any means necessary. No playing around. No comedy. It's just straight-up business.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Rings
Bell
Destroy
Fellow
Mission
Copy Quote
In between training sessions, I'll often watch DVDs of King Kong, Godzilla or Frankenstein, just to keep my mind on the task in hand and remind myself of the magnitude of the challenge.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Kings
Dvds
Motivation
Copy Quote
I knock people out. As soon as I land my shots on him, you will see the difference between class and hype. He's been built up and he believes the hype, but I will beat reality into him.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Believe
Motivation
Reality
Copy Quote
If someone burgles your house, and you knock them out, are you gonna apologize for knocking them out? No you're not, you're gonna stomp on their head, just like any other normal person would.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
House
Motivation
Normal
Copy Quote
It's sad to see boxers sometimes when they've come from these massive highs with thousands of people screaming for them. They're the best at what they do - then, that's it: stopped, finished.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Boxers
Massive
Highs
Screaming
Thousands Of People
Copy Quote
Maccarinelli thinks he can use me to make a name for himself, but that is not going to happen. He has made his fame by fighting nobodies. I've fought all the way to the top against top contenders.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Fighting
Motivation
Thinking
Copy Quote
They changed the press conference, they are trying to change the time of the weigh-in. They are trying to mess with me, but what they don't realize is that they are only fueling me to bring more hurt.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Hurt
Motivation
Trying
Copy Quote
I don't believe you've seen the best of The Hayemaker yet. I want to leave on the top of the game. Recognised as the best heavyweight fighter on the planet, then I can hang the gloves back up in peace.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Believe
Games
Heavyweights
Copy Quote
It's the warm-up in the changing room when I switch on. I don't even think about the fight until then. Some fighters are bouncing about the walls, but I switch off. Then it's like someone flicks a switch in me.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Bouncing
Fighters
Switch
Walls
Warm-Up
Copy Quote
It's boxing. It's about getting people interested. If I didn't say some stupid things from time to time, there wouldn't be that many people interested in me. But I let my fists do the talking when the bell rings.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Boxing
Fists
Rings
Time Stupid Me
Bell
From Time To Time
Copy Quote
A lot of people say, 'OK, I'm overweight, so I'm not going to eat any food; I'm only going to have an apple a day,' but then your body will go into starvation mode, so what you've got to do is increase your metabolism.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Increase
Metabolism
Overweight
Starvation
Your Body
Food Your Body
Apple
Mode
Copy Quote
I watched a Katie Taylor interview, really interesting and then Eddie Hearn barges in! "Oi, hello, apples and pears!" You should be promoting your fighters, not yourself. Technically I'm more of a promoter than you are.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Apples
Interesting
Interviews
Copy Quote
If there was a new Chris Eubank coming through, it wouldn't happen, because Eddie would jump in front of them and make it about the Eddie Hearn show. Where's the Naseem Hamed of today? He doesn't allow them to flourish.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Happens
Shows
Today
Copy Quote
They may be big in Switzerland, but so are yodellers, and nobody wants to watch them fight. Heavyweight title fights should be huge events, not an after-thought in a country most famous for producing Toblerones [chocolate].
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Country
Fighting
Motivation
Copy Quote
Although boxing is a sport, it's still entertainment. You've still got the fear, press conferences, the stare-downs. It's all an act in some ways. My whole life I've been doing it. I love this side of boxing - as much as the actual fight.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Boxing
Conferences
Entertainment
Life Love Fear
Actual
Although
Sport
Copy Quote
People say, 'Where do you get your strength from?' Well, where does an ape get his strength from? They are 20 times stronger than humans, and they don't rely on a meat-based diet. They eat plants all day long. It's a myth that you need meat for strength.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Diet
Humans
Meat
Myth
Rely
Stronger
All Day
Ape
People Say
Plants
Copy Quote
Whatever any boxer does in the ring, I don't think any reporter should call him a coward. Anyone who does that I lose complete respect for. There's a difference between being a coward and being scared, or apprehensive. Different fighters have got different mentalities.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Respect
Being Scared
Coward
Scared
Apprehensive
Ring
Boxer
Call
Complete
Difference
Reporter
Fighters
Lose
Copy Quote
You get these young kids who are training their whole life to go to the Olympics. To go there and not fight someone else like them but fight someone who has might won an Olympics before, been a world champion, and is just coming back to fight some kids, I think is insane.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Champion
Insane
Olympics
Training
Won
World Champion
Young Kids
Copy Quote
Slowly but surely, as time goes on, people forget about you. People stop talking about you. You stop seeing your name in the papers. I like to believe that I don't think that will bother me. As long as I know I've achieved my goals and people believe I'm the best at what I do, then I'll be happy.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Bother
Forget
Papers
Seeing
Talking
Time Best Believe
Achieved
Be Happy
Best Time Believe
Goes
Slowly
Surely
Copy Quote
I abstain from any kind of release for six weeks before a fight, no self-pleasure, nothing. Even in my dreams, I'll be about to have sex with a beautiful girl and I'll say, 'Sorry darling, I'm fighting in a few weeks.' That's control, bro, when you're turning down a hot chick in your subconscious.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Dream
Girl
Beautiful
Sex
Copy Quote
Nobody will hold it against him if he cancels the fight with Dereck Chisora - the public aren't interested in that fight; nobody knows who he is. It is pretty sad but shows the mindset of Wladimir Klitschko and why he will go down in history as a heavyweight who just fought the worst possible people out there.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Sad
Mindset
Worst
Interested
Fight
Fought
Heavyweight
Hold
Copy Quote
Only time will tell whether the Klitschkos need me more than I need them. They won't believe that. But it depends what they want out of boxing. If they want guaranteed easy victories, then they can do what they've always done, but if they want a tough challenge, you'd think they would want to beat down my door.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Boxing
Depends
Only Time
Time Done Always
Time Believe Me
Beat
Challenge
Time Believe Always
Door
Guaranteed
Victories
Copy Quote
Just before a fight, as the ring empties, you can feel it. There is danger and loneliness all around you. Soon it's just the three of you in there: the referee, your opponent, and you. You're in a very lonely moment then. But, strangely, that's when I feel most comfortable. The ring becomes my office, and I go to work.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Comfortable
Danger
Loneliness
Office
Referee
Three
Feel
Around
Becomes
Before
Ring
Fight
Moment
Opponent
Soon
Strangely
Copy Quote
I watched a TV documentary about how animals are farmed, killed and prepared for us to eat. I saw all those cows and pigs and realized I couldn't be a part of it any more. It was horrible. I did some research to make sure I could still obtain enough protein to fight and, once satisfied that I could, I stopped. I'll never go back.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Animal
Fighting
Pigs
Copy Quote
[Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're terrible at their profession, they hope they lose their next match or fight.It's hugely negative and unless you can rise above it and pay no attention, it can have a very serious impact on that person's state of mind.
David Haye / Professional Boxer
Home
Athlete
Fighting
Copy Quote

Related Professional Boxer Authors

Muhammad Ali
Professional Boxer
Saturday, Jan 17, 1942
Friday, Jun 03, 2016
Wladimir Klitschko
Professional Boxer
Thursday, Mar 25, 1976
Willie Pep
Professional Boxer
Tuesday, Sep 19, 1922
Thursday, Nov 23, 2006
Vijender Singh
Professional Boxer
Tuesday, Oct 29, 1985
Tyson Fury
Professional Boxer
Friday, Aug 12, 1988
Tyrell Biggs
Professional Boxer
Thursday, Dec 22, 1960
Tony Bellew
Professional Boxer
Tuesday, Nov 30, 1982
Tommy Morrison
Professional Boxer
Thursday, Jan 02, 1969
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013
Timothy Bradley
Professional Boxer
Monday, Aug 29, 1983
Thomas Hearns
Professional Boxer
Saturday, Oct 18, 1958
Sugar Ray Robinson
Professional Boxer
Tuesday, May 03, 1921
Wednesday, Apr 12, 1989
Sugar Ray Leonard
Professional Boxer
Thursday, May 17, 1956
Sonny Liston
Professional Boxer
Sunday, May 08, 1932
Wednesday, Dec 30, 1970
Shane Mosley
Professional Boxer
Tuesday, Sep 07, 1971
Sergio Martinez
Professional Boxer
Friday, Feb 21, 1975

View All Professional Boxer Quotes

Top Authors

John Lewis
U.s. Representative
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1940
Stephen Covey
Author
Monday, Oct 24, 1932
Monday, Jul 16, 2012
Deepak Chopra
Author
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1947
Muhammad Ali
Professional Boxer
Saturday, Jan 17, 1942
Friday, Jun 03, 2016
Robert Frost
Poet
Thursday, Mar 26, 1874
Tuesday, Jan 29, 1963
Dr. Seuss
Writer
Wednesday, Mar 02, 1904
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1991
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Writer
Thursday, Aug 28, 1749
Thursday, Mar 22, 1832
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
Thursday, Jan 19, 1809
Sunday, Oct 07, 1849
Francis Of Assisi
Saint
Thursday, Jun 24, 1182
Saturday, Oct 03, 1226
Oscar Wilde
Writer
Monday, Oct 16, 1854
Friday, Nov 30, 1900
Bob Marley
Singer
Tuesday, Feb 06, 1945
Monday, May 11, 1981
John Keats
Poet
Saturday, Oct 31, 1795
Friday, Feb 23, 1821
Sun Tzu
Strategist
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Socrates
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Helen Keller
Author
Sunday, Jun 27, 1880
Saturday, Jun 01, 1968

View All Authors

Share This Page