James Toney quotes
I represent boxing. I represent the old school. That's me.
I represent boxing. I represent the old school. That's me.
My talent speaks for itself, I ain't gotta answer nobody else's questions. I'm going home, we're gonna have a party!
My birthday was Monday, now I finally get to go home and enjoy it with some Burger King. Here I come baby! Burger King! Burger King!
I don't care who wins, I'll fight either one of them. As a matter of fact, I'll fight them both on the same night if they want.
I don't like you. Why you walk up on me dawg!?, I don't like you, I don't like you.
I have always been ready to fight anybody out there, anytime, anywhere. I will knock them all over. My talent speaks for itself.
I'm not gonna box Ruiz...I don't box, I knock holes through people. I'm gonna cut Ruiz up. I'm gonna butcher him. He ain't gonna last five rounds. Either he winds up on the canvas or in the hospital. It's his choice.
No flattery, boy! an honest man cannot live by it; it is a little, sneaking art, which knaves use to cajole and soften fools withal.
There's one thing I remember about Muhammad Ali. He said 'I don't like my condition, but if this is what the Good Lord has planned for me to deal with, I'm happy with that.' You have to understand, that comes from my idol, one of the guys that got me started in boxing.
If you go to Madison Square Garden, you better have your A game ready, because here goes the thing, they love boxing. They either like you, or they don't like you. They're either cheering for you, or they're cheering for you to die...They want you to kill, or be killed.
He just got his neck broke one time, I'm not tryna break his neck again, that's not what I fight for. I fight to have fun, not to hurt nobody.
One thing you gotta know about Roy. The way I always saw myself, is I'm just like you. In the ring, I have a gift...That gift ain't on the basketball court. That gift ain't at home. You understand me? That gift is in the ring.
There's no way a fighter should fight and put his life on the line, and a promoter makes more money than he makes.
I'm having a wonderful time in training. It's so funny because you go through ups and you go through downs. People have to realize that my career started on a down. I got ripped off a Gold Medal at the Olympics but it didn't stop me and it made me a better person.
It was a tough situation. A fight that nobody expected to end so abruptly for him because he was really a great fighter. I felt sorry for him and I knew it could happen to anybody. And it could happen to any of us at any time. So when I was in a position to help him, I did what I could to help him.
I got some real rough dental work done not long ago, and my mouth's still numb right here [points to the left side of his chin]. So it kind of messes with my speech a little bit, so don't y'all think that I took too many cos I haven't.
I don't know if I'm the best Pound-For-Pound fighter ever. I know I'm close. I gotta be Top 5.
I was concerned about them. I mean, it feels good but I was concerned about them.