B&WBoxing

RunningReel Black & White Lao Boxing photographs by Dara Pathammavong

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little-death that brings totalobliteration. I will face my fear.I will permit it to pass over me and throughme. And when it has gone past I will turnthe inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” - Frank Herbert, Dune

“Life is like a boxing match.Defeat is declared not whenyou fall but when you refuse to stand again.” - Kristen Ashley



“Don’t quit!Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” - Muhammad Ali

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a verymean and nasty place. And I don’t care how tough you are. It will beat you to your knees and keep youpermanently there if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t about howhard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can takeand keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. Now if you know what you are worth, go outand get what you are worth, but you gotta be willing to take the hits and not pointing fingers, sayingyou ain’t where you want to be because of him or her or anybody. Cowards do that, and that ain’t you.You’re better than that.” – Rocky Balboa





“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.” - Muhammad Ali

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