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All Quotes Collection
"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."
58
"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 comes out and takes hold of us."
179
"It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come."
65
"Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best."
193
"Not many people do at the age of 21 or younger even, know how to act nor could be concerned with anything other than fighting, women and money."
74
"Of course after the fight you want to make sure that you're okay and so is the other guy, it's a brotherhood in there, so you want to make sure everyone is okay after the war is over."
186
"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."
183
"What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong, have respect for my people, my family, my nation and mankind."
56
"Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today."
58
"I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing."
100
"From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me."
62
"Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war."
34
"Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip."
49
"Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod."
50
"People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it."
44
"The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future."
31
"People essentially like local news better than network news."
37
"I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share."
31
"One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want."
33
"I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?"
38
"I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth."
31
"I think people tuned in a lot to see Barbara when she first came here and they just didn't like the show they saw. I think it was dull. It was sterile."
46
"I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air."
33
"I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I."
37
"Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business."
30
"I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television."
38
"In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down."
49
"But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me."
38
"But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in."
33
"In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now."
57
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