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Gene Tunney

"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."

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"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."

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"A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body."
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"As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one."
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"Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise."
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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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"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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