It is wonderful. It truly is. ...

It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.
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I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.
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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.
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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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.
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Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
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