Oscar De La Hoya Famous Quotes

I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and know I took everyone on. ~ 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 tried to do the impossible on paper
beat the middleweight champ coming up from 130 pounds. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

I was a little kid who used to fight a lot in the street-and get beat up. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

I'm really happy to be working with CES Boxing, Gary Shaw Productions and Eye of the Tiger Management. It shows the direction in which Golden Boy Promotions is heading - in terms of bringing the best fights to the fans. It shows that Golden Boy Promotions is willing to work with anybody in order to satisfy the boxing fans. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

The fight life, that was easy. This is a battle I have every day. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

Boxing has been in my blood since I can remember. It comes naturally to me, and I've enjoyed it ever since I started, at the age of six. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

I feel amazing, in my life right now, I have so much motivation. I am so hungry and so determined. I am young, I am healthy and I feel great ... 42 is the new 32. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

When people say I can't or I musn't, I always say I can and I will. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

Ever since I've been boxing, it's always been the case that when I go inside the ring a switch goes off and my attitude changes totally from the person I am outside it. I really can't explain why or how. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn't show it. In 2000, they didn't show it. In 2004, they didn't show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would think the United States didn't have a boxing team in 2008. ~ Evander Holyfield

My dad has never once told me after a fight that I did well. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

Every time I work out in the gym, every time I train, I know I'm going to do well. But I like surprising the fans, the critics, the people who doubt me. ~ 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. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

I told you before, I'll fight anyone. I don't care. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think about coming back, but I am retired, and after speaking to my family and following a great deal of introspection, I have decided to stay retired. ~ Oscar De La Hoya

I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway. ~ Oscar De La Renta

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet. ~ Oscar De La Renta

A woman can wear anything- she can make it right. ~ Oscar De La Renta

Yen Sid surveyed the young villains in front of him. „What you are about to do is very dangerous."
Carlos perked up. „That's fine, my middle name is–"
„Oscar" said Evie. „We know. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Women think black is the most flattering color, but they're wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye. ~ Oscar De La Renta

Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living. ~ Oscar De La Renta

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right. ~ Oscar De La Renta

I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops. ~ Oscar De La Renta

I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women. ~ Oscar De La Renta

I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has. ~ Oscar De La Renta

I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.' ~ Oscar De La Renta

Every season I am inspired by women. ~ Oscar De La Renta

As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather. ~ Oscar De La Renta

The color, the shape, and the texture
none of it is accidental. Every item we wear has a glorious (or sometimes not so glorious) history, and that history extends back years
centuries, even
before Oscar de la Renta's 2002 collection. ~ Tim Gunn

Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body. ~ Oscar De La Renta

De La Hoya doesn't know about salsa. He should keep on singing mariachis and leave the salsa to me. I'm good at salsa. ~ Roberto Duran

Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way. ~ Oscar De La Renta

If you don't move, you get stale. ~ Oscar De La Renta

You don't go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater, ~ Oscar De La Renta

You don't need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself ~ Oscar De La Renta

Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best. ~ Oscar De La Renta

My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best ~ Oscar De La Renta

Work hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman. ~ Oscar De La Renta

I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after. ~ Oscar De La Renta

I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on. ~ Oscar De La Renta

A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual. ~ Oscar De La Renta

Be the designer of your own destiny. ~ Oscar De La Renta

There is no sound more feminine than a woman in a taffeta dress. ~ Oscar De La Renta

When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion. ~ Oscar De La Renta

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness. ~ Oscar De La Renta

Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now. ~ Oscar De La Renta