“ When I got up I stuck to my plan - stumbling forward and getting hit in the face. Randall Cobb Football Player
“ I was once knocked out by a Mexican bantamweight - six of my pals were swinging him around by his heels at the time. Randall Cobb Football Player
“ You run for forty-five minutes, you train for an hour and a half, and the rest of the time you hang out and talk tough Randall Cobb Football Player
“ When Don King's fighters lose their titles they come back fighting on the undercard for peanuts. King owns all the top heavyweights and we spar against each other but we get charged for it and that comes out of our purses. Larry Holmes Professional Boxer
“ Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for. Andy Murray Tennis Player
“ All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it was like having spent a lifetime in a boxing ring with an opponent and suddenly finding yourself in that boxing ring with nobody else and realising you've to take the gloves off and get out and reinvent yourself. Athol Fugard Playwright