Toney Quotes & Sayings

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. — James Toney

The mind can't delete what the heart won't let go of. — Peggy Toney Horton

Look at this body ... Do I look like I use steroids? — James Toney

I didn't run from the situation. I didn't hide the ordeal from the reporters like the sissy baseball players. I fought it head-on ... We dealt with it. It's over. And now we're moving on. — James Toney

As the old year retires and a new one is born, we commit into the hands of our Creator the happenings of the past year and ask for direction and guidance in the new one. May He grant us His grace, His tranquility and His wisdom! — Peggy Toney Horton

I don't know nothing about the sport. Just tune in August 28th and y'all find out how much I know about the sport. — James Toney

After I knock out Randy Couture, I'll fight for the heavyweight title, the real heavyweight boxing title in October or November, come back and fight in the UFC in January or February. It doesn't matter, I'm a two sport athlete. The oldest man to ever do that. — James Toney

My mother's laughter was infectious - like a cheerful tune that lingers in your mind for the rest of the day. — Peggy Toney Horton

He's stepping up to challenge me. Anybody that challenges me, has got to get dogged out. That's my job. — James Toney

Happiness is a butterfly that often eludes your grasp, then suddenly alights on your shoulder, sits for a spell and moves on. — Peggy Toney Horton

What could be more exciting than an October day? It's your birthday, Fourth of July and Christmas all rolled into one. — Peggy Toney Horton

Writing unlocks the heart and soul that we might be receptive to God's blessings. — Peggy Toney Horton

Iciness enshrouds my body - a foretaste of death's chill. — Peggy Toney Horton

Your mission in life is to determine what you believe
not to accept what someone else tells you to believe. — Peggy Toney Horton

God always provides a pleasant memory to help ease the pain of a bad experience. — Peggy Toney Horton

When I cease to enjoy what I'm doing, then I shall do something mundane ~ like clean my house. — Peggy Toney Horton

Ah, how quickly the hands on the clock circle toward the future we thought was far away! And how soon we become our mothers. — Peggy Toney Horton

Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul, I shall recall the memory of warm, sunny, late summer afternoons like this one, and be comforted greatly. — Peggy Toney Horton

Surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Laughter is to the soul what sunshine is to a flower. — Peggy Toney Horton

The human spirit is a magnificent entity. Just when we think we can stand no more, something significant touches our soul ... and life goes on. — Peggy Toney Horton

Evander Holyfield's a great fighter, I watched him when I was a kid, I love the guy, but I had to do what I had to do. It's what I get paid to do. — James Toney

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. — James Toney

I don't like you. Why you walk up on me dawg!?, I don't like you, I don't like you. — James Toney

If you never play with fire, then you'll never keep warm. — Scott Toney

Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul ... but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October. — Peggy Toney Horton

Life is like music on a scale, moving up and down. When your life is over, you have written your song. — Peggy Toney Horton

The only freak show I got is between my legs. — James Toney

I love the night! It's not uncommon for me to see the light of a new day before closing my eyes on the old one. — Peggy Toney Horton

I represent boxing. I represent the old school. That's me. — James Toney

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! — James Toney

Where did the time go? Yesterday, I was a girl, and today, I suddenly find myself in the autumn of my years with the cold winds of winter breathing down my neck. — Peggy Toney Horton

I got tired of everyone being in my way, so I had to kick them out to have my privacy. — James Toney

Get Julian Jackson in here baby! ... Julian Jackson, winner take all baby, that's all I gotta say, winner take all! Arghhh! — James Toney

My talent speaks for itself, I ain't gotta answer nobody else's questions. I'm going home, we're gonna have a party! — James Toney

They can all get some. Remember this! I will do this to all y'all down here. Look at his face. I don't care if you're a flyweight, or your mamma weight! I will kick your ass! — James Toney

Each New Year, we have before us a brand new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year - the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer. — Peggy Toney Horton

Look at my body. Does it look like I sue steroids? — James Toney

My heart swells with emotion each time I recall the sweetness of my youth! — Peggy Toney Horton

Even in death, my mother smiled - and she had every reason to do so, for I had become precisely what she hoped I would - her mirror image. — Peggy Toney Horton

Talk to Bob Arum, cos he's my man. Don King kiss my ass! — James Toney

Everybody has two swings: the one he uses during the last three holes of a tournament and the one he uses the rest of the time. — Toney Penna

Man I told Dana when I first came to the UFC, I don't wanna fight none of these bums ... I want the best. I wanted this man right here [points to poster of Brock Lesnar], but he was sick. I didn't know that. So I said, 'what about Chuck, Chuck, whatever his name is, Chuck Liddell?' He was sitting there all scared and nervous. — James Toney

I don't need a belt to make me. I make the belt. I feel great and that's all that matters. I'm still heavyweight champion of the world. — James Toney

Somehow, I think your first love must be like your first dog
no matter how many come after, you never forget your first! — Peggy Toney Horton

I have always been ready to fight anybody out there, anytime, anywhere. I will knock them all over. My talent speaks for itself. — James Toney

Do what makes you happy; don't be afraid to color outside the lines. — Peggy Toney Horton

If I'm the poster boy for steroids, steroids is going out of business. — James Toney

I don't know Jiu-Jitsu, I don't know wrestling, all I know is how to fight. Period. — James Toney

When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become. ~ Peggy Toney Horton — Peggy Toney Horton

I have learned that I must push the pause button occasionally and retreat into that private place in my soul where it is only me and God! — Peggy Toney Horton

Writing unlocks the heart, mind and soul that we may be receptive to God's blessings. — Peggy Toney Horton

Life is like music on a scale, shifting up and down. When your life is over, your song has been written. — Peggy Toney Horton

As I drift through the autumn of my life like a fallen leaf blown about by the winds of time, I sometimes ponder my destiny. — Peggy Toney Horton

What is writing, after all, except fumbling in darkness endeavoring to light a candle? — Peggy Toney Horton

It is very important that we have the capacity to love many different things or people at the same time. Our love should radiate like the sun, warming everything it touches. — Peggy Toney Horton

Like a dying ember, the child in us can flare up again when we least expect it.. — Peggy Toney Horton