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Gene Tunney

"My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons."

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"My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons."

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"The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward."
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"In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively."
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"Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight."
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"Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the very reverse of a killer, the prize fighter who read books, even Shakespeare."
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"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."
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"If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world."
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"Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart."
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"Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion."
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"Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain."
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"A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body."
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