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"I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away."
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"In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand."
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"Sports for me is: S for Skill, P for Perseverance, O for Optimism, R for Resilience, T for Tenacity, S for Stamina"
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"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."
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"The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun."
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"You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play."
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"The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right."
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"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points."
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"I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there."
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"I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result."
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"We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient."
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"By the time you're 30 years old, you can be on a nowhere street, if you're not careful."
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"The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake."
Thought
"All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on."
Sports
"Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics."
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"You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four stairs and into the ring. Then finally, you can't wait for the bell to ring."
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"Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh."
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"I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion."
Career
"If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one."
Career
"You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing."
Time
"I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time."
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