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Gene Tunney

"I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey."

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"I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey."

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"My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region."

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"We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto."

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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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"One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet."
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"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
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"A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body."
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"Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart."
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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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"Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight."
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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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"My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons."
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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."
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