Lennox Lewis Professions : Professional Boxer Born : September 2, 1965 Browse All Authors Top 86 quotes by Lennox Lewis In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess. Lennox Lewis creating boxing sports If youve got physical weaknesses, youll lose. Nobody who gets cut easily can be a champion, however strong and talented he is. Boxers are trained to see and exploit their opponents weaknesses, they hit you on your wounds. Only the strongest survive in this sport. Lennox Lewis cutting strong sports How can you trust a man who can talk for 5 minutes and you cant understand a sentence of it! Lennox Lewis minutes boxing men I play chess about four hours a day in training camp. You have to decide what move to use, or what combination of moves. I think less when I box because the reaction time is a lot quicker, but some people call me the chess boxer because they say I think too much in the ring. I take my time and they don't see the action they want. Some boxers just go in there and just throw punches and hope to win. Lennox Lewis winning sports moving Action is what separates the do-ers from the dreamers. Lennox Lewis dreamer action In boxing, if you think you will lose... you're already halfway there. Lennox Lewis halfway-there boxing thinking Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent. Lennox Lewis opponents boxing skills Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency. Lennox Lewis complacency focus needs I've got a new life now, a new future, there's a lot more to Lennox Lewis than just being a boxer. Lennox Lewis boxers just-being new-life Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist. Lennox Lewis reaching adversity goal It's not rage that drives me, it's competition. Lennox Lewis competition rage boxing Recently I donated money to the establishment of the Muhammad Ali Foundation in Louisville. I regard that as a kind of payback. He smoothed the way for us. He wasnt just a great person who had conviction, but made the sport of boxing great. He was the first superstar, he made our stock rise. Without him we wouldnt have earned so much. Americans from every walk of life have contributed to the foundation: Bill Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt. Unfortunately I was the only American athlete to make a donation. Theres not enough respect in our business. Lennox Lewis boxing athlete sports I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character. Lennox Lewis boxing cartoon character The danger of a closed mind is that it can also leave good things like love, compassion and reason on its outside. Lennox Lewis like-love compassion mind You can't spend 110 percent on something if you don't have that same hunger and drive. I have achieved all my goals - my mission is complete. Lennox Lewis missions hunger goal I've found that taking shortcuts will get you to the place you don't want to be much quicker than they get u to the place u want to be. Lennox Lewis shortcuts found want Whatever I do, I always want to get better. Lennox Lewis get-better want There is just one rule about boxing: never bet on the white guy. Lennox Lewis boxing guy white I just want to complete my legacy. Lennox Lewis legacy want I cannot fight everyone at once. I have to take one at a time. Lennox Lewis fighting Similar Authors Bonnie Canino professional-boxer Antonio Tarver professional-boxer Anthony Joshua professional-boxer Ann Wolfe professional-boxer Andre Ward professional-boxer Alexis Arguello professional-boxer All Authors
