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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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"Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight."
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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."
Heart
"I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey."
Sports
"The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding."
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"A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body."
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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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"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."
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"Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly."
Boxing
"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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"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."
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"I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan."
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"Sure, there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious."
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"In boxing, everybody has their favorites."
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"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
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"Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly."
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"I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me."
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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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"When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves."
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"I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid."
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"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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