If you can believe this, I didn't fight for my fir... -Alexis Arguello

If you can believe this, I didn't fight for my first world title fight till I had 58 fights, so I really appreciated what I was fighting for and for whom as well.

Alexis Arguello , Athlete
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Alexis Arguello was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and three-weight world champion. He is regarded as one of the greatest boxers of his time, known for his technical skills, power, and sportsmanship. Arguello's boxing career and his contributions to the sport have made him a revered figure in the boxing world, and his legacy continues to inspire aspiring boxers.

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I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the righ...
It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast ...
I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a co...
When you won that title you should know now that you are representing a whole country or nation with your actions and you are now in a glass house or ...
See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it....
I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every p...
Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in...
When you put the interest of a kid on money instead of heart then you're destroying the beauty of our lives and our thought process, which should be a...
When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the most who can get the most, me, me me... and in the end it screws...
When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning....

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If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun....
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal....
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident....
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination....
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions....
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been o...
No sanction can stand against ignited minds....
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me....
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities....
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want....