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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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"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."
"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."
"The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption."
"When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves."
"Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct."
"Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months."
"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."
"I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me."
"But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club."
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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."
"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."
"Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise."
"In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively."
"A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar."
"The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding."
"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."
"Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight."
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