I've always boxed, I always taught boxing.
My dad loves boxing, so he used to hold up his hands when we were little kids, and we would punch his hands, and he slowly got us little gloves, and little punching bags that he'd always hold for us.
I already know what boxers do; I've been in it all my life. I know what they do, and I know how they prepare.
When we first started in Huntington Recreation with John Capobianco, we put four kids in the Golden Gloves finals. We didn't even have a ring. We trained at Stimson Junior High School. They give us the gym three nights a week. We used to box in the gym - no ring, just on the gym floor.
I wouldn't recommend [boxing] to any child of mine. I would rather he played golf or something.
This is not a sport for me - I live boxing. I've been boxing since I was seven years old.
I never have the plan to overtake boxing. I love boxing; I came from boxing.
I've competitively boxed. It's definitely Plan B for me, but I know how to box.
When I first stepped into the boxing gym, I loved it. I knew it was what I was going to do.
I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.
When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.
I hate being around boxing people. I'd rather be back in the gym.
I have a great passion for boxing. I have family members who are boxers.
After doing boxing a little bit, I knew that I wanted to achieve what the other boxers were achieving: the championship and whatever comes with the championships.
Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.
I believe amateur boxing training should be available in schools. Not for all, but for those who want to.
It's hard to believe I was just seven when I started boxing but I've put everything of myself into it.
I have experience of boxing. I know what it is like to be hit. Half my life is boxing. I start fighting when I am 16.
My mother gave me boxing gloves; I wanted boxing gloves. I liked to box. So I still have them. They're still in my bookcase, very old, tattered, and they were cherished.
Featherweight is my division.
I knew boxing before I knew anything else.
Boxing is serious. It's not a game. Just one punch - change life.
I remember when I used to go to York Hall and just watch, and I'd be like 'how are these people doing it.' Even though I was an amateur boxer at the time, I was like 'how are these guys fighting professionally in this arena?'
Women's boxing has received a major boost from the success of 'Million Dollar Baby.'
We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out.
