Thomas Hauser Quotes

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

Those 'Rocky' endings are great in the movies and on the stage, but I don't think it would be too smart for me to get into that kind of fight in the ring.

I'm not itching for a fight. But I'm just saying when I see the other guy putting on his boxing gloves and, you know, you've got dancing around in the ring, I kind of suspect that maybe a fight's coming.

There's nothing more intimidating than crawling into a ring.

Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right - when he knocks you down, you'll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again.

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

I'm oddly comfortable in the ring.

All you can do is the same as any other fight: whoever they put in front of you, you go in there and try to get the W.

I've fought a lot of prospects.

I belong in the ring.

Listen, I'm the champ, and I'm not going to pick and choose who I fight.

My goal is to get all these fighters that everybody say I'm running from inside the ring with me.

When it was time for me to get in the ring, I was ready.

I've fought the best in the world.

Some people win 10, 15, and don't fight for the belt.

When you knock people out, it's sometimes a very scary situation - but I always hoped that no one got seriously hurt. Now when I see them get knocked out, I laugh. When you finish the game, it's funny. And when I look at film of myself, I think, 'I wouldn't fight that guy.'

I started boxing when I was eight. I enjoyed when I could hit someone and they couldn't hit me back. It was like a game for me. The feeling of knocking someone out. My first knockout victory was when I was ten. He went down and his nose started to bleed, so they stopped it.

I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out.

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.

I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out.

There's a truth to the violence of boxing. You have a very real threat, an opponent.

I understand people want to see me get knocked out.