23 Quotes by Floyd Patterson

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people... He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

There is so much hate among people, so much contempt inside people who'd like you to think they're moral, that they have to hire prizefighters to do their hating for them. And we do. We get into a ring and act out other people's hates.

I always say that in order to appreciate warm weather, you must experience cold. I wouldn't change one thing - all the embarrassing moments, the defeats, all of everything - through all of this, I have learned me.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

I could never be with a woman during training. Because my knees would get very weak. My opinion is based on personal experience.

It’s easy to do anything in victory. It’s in defeat that a man reveals himself.

I always say that in order to appreciate warm weather, you must experience cold. I wouldn’t change one thing – all the embarrassing moments, the defeats, all of everything – through all of this, I have learned me.