Oscar De La Hoya Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The fight life, that was easy. This is a battle I have every day.”
-- Oscar De La Hoya -
“After doing an honest evaluation of myself, I recognize that there are certain issues that I need to work on. Like everyone, I have my flaws, and I do not want to be one of those people that is afraid to admit and address those flaws.”
-- Oscar De La Hoya -
“Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.”
-- Oscar De La Hoya -
“I think my body went through a lot, went through the wringer. In terms of being inside the ring, getting hit, but also outside the ring, living a crazy life.”
-- Oscar De La Hoya -
“I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.”
-- Oscar De La Hoya -
“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.”
-- Oscar De La Hoya -
“It brings me great grief and sadness to hear of the passing of one of the best and most respected trainers of this era, Emanuel Steward. I learned a lot from him during our professional relationship and I will be forever grateful for his help during that time. We were also friends and I know I am going to miss him as so many others will too. He was an important part of our boxing community.”
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“Once, I was at a party...This was at a time when it seemed like I had everything. I was young. I was undefeated. I had money. I`d just moved into my own home. People at the party were laughing and having fun. And I missed my mother. I felt so lonely. I remember asking myself, `Why isn`t my mother here? Why are all these people around me? I don`t want these people around me.' I looked out the window and started crying.”
-- Oscar De La Hoya -
“I tried to do the impossible on paper -- beat the middleweight champ coming up from 130 pounds.”
-- Oscar De La Hoya
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