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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Ambition
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- Nov 07, 2020
My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.
- Mortality
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Boxing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Fitness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.
- Dodging
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Means
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- Nov 07, 2020