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Jimmy Smits

"It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment."

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"It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment."

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Donna Grant

"Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed."

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Donna Grant

"It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment."

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Donna Grant

"In boxing, everybody has their favorites."

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Donna Grant

"Well I am grooming him, he has a boxing trainer that knows what he is talking about, and once he has that he is able to put everything together and he listens, and when somebody listens they are able to accomplish anything."

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Donna Grant

"Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world."

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Donna Grant

"The real problem today is the ineffective and inconsistent oversight of professional boxing, which has led to continuing scandals, controversies, unethical practices, and unnecessary injuries and deaths in the sport."

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Donna Grant

"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."

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Donna Grant

"I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won."

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Donna Grant

"The third man in the ring makes boxing possible."

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Donna Grant

"Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct."

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Jimmy Smits
"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."

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Jimmy Smits
"I like the gypsy aspect of this business."

Business

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Jimmy Smits
"I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others."

Love

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Jimmy Smits
"When we are out there selling a new picture, when did it become part of the deal that you have to sell the family? To use the juicy part of your life to get attention? I'm not blaming the reporters. It's the system."

Life

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Jimmy Smits
"I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer."

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Jimmy Smits
"You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist."

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Jimmy Smits
"There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!"

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Jimmy Smits
"It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment."

Boxing

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Jimmy Smits
"If you're afraid to live your life in a glass bubble, how can you do what we do in this industry?"

Life

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Jimmy Smits
"Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper."

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