#boxing quote

“Let me write it down for you. Muhammad Ali is a multimillionaire. Larry Holmes a multimillionaire. Mike Tyson he sleeps on a bed of money. HBO I made you mother***ers a fortune. Oh I could go on and on.

You love my black ass! You know why? Because I'm exciting. You ain't making no movie on Bob Arum, are you? It's entertainment, baby! That's all!

Heroes and villains, angels and devils, sh*t if you didn't have Don King you would have to invent him. And for all of you out there saying this and that, remember this: many fighters step into the ring, but only one is still King”.

~from On Boxing, by Joyce Carol Oates

Today, at boxing. Loving every minute of it, even the hard ones. And the 92 degree ones.

So many parallels to acting... Breath. Return. Space.

Top 30 Greatest Muhammad Ali Quotes

One of the greatest fighters ever to lace them up was Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay. He’s a legendary sportsman and showman, and was never short on words. Not only was Ali was part of an era where the best consistently fought the best, but it was also a time where political and racial divide was prevelant, perhaps even more so than today. His strong stance on many sensitive issues…