“I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.”

“Buddy: I wear boxers, Roger wears boxer briefs.”

“He was just splendid, a masterful boxer - I take my hat off to him”

“People would say to Al Brown: "You are not a boxer. You are a dancer." He laughed at this, and won.”

“Am I a born boxer? No—if I was, I'd be perfect.”

“Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)”

“To be knocked out doesn’t mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.”

“My father was a magnificent Irishman with a Barrymore profile and the physique of a boxer.”

“Anyone can insult a boxer, but not everyone will manage to apologise in time.”

“People might think that boxers are all animals and nasty people. But at the end of the day, we're all brothers: black or white, yellow or pink. We are all in the same business, and after the fight we are hugging each other like we're gay.”