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- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to talk about yourself.
- Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.
- Back
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When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
You just don't heal that easy unless you're young.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
- Socializing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight.
- Boxing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
- Life
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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.
- Before
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Kiss
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Except
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- Nov 07, 2020
Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Short
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.
- Boxing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves on, after about six months, boxing was my life.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing - but in life.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And I wanted to be like him.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become a professional fighter because I had heard horror stories about former boxers who made money but, in the end, ended up with nothing. I didn't want to be one of those guys.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went through real darkness, but the ring was my light. That was the one place I felt safe. I could control what happened in the ring. My heart turned icy.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the most part, I think video games do a good job of capturing the essence of boxing. However, I'd like to continue to see them push the realism, emphasizing the skill involved.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020