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"Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport."
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"It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it's easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean, at the end of the day we still got to figure out a way to get through the tie."

"Everybody is excited to play so I think who plays with whom is a minor thing at this point."

"Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?"

"But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy."

"We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose."

"I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent."

"Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport."
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"If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues."

"Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive."

"In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian."

"I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter."

"I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him."

"Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over."
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