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Forward, always moving forwar...

Forward, always moving forward, from the time I can remember - a kid. I was short, and the big guys would take advantage; I had to turn myself into a body puncher. By that time I was in reform school, they'd have a boxing match every week; they'd bring guys in from outside to fight me.

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I was so good at boxing becau...

I was so good at boxing because I worked hard. I worked harder than anybody. When other boxers used to box in the gym, three or four rounds, I used to box 10-20 rounds.

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In my whole career, I've neve...

In my whole career, I've never really gotten hurt. The only ones that really hurt me were my wives.

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The three toughest fighters I...

The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

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I read the Romans had bread a...

I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing.

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My nose was broken six times,...

My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only place I got hurt was out of the ring.

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All my life I made a living o...

All my life I made a living out of hurting people. Now, I make a living out of making people laugh.

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I guess God blessed me with a...

I guess God blessed me with a hard head, because I really didn't feel punches.

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Ask most guys what their ambi...

Ask most guys what their ambition is, and they'll say they want to get rich. But when they get rich, they discover it's not what they wanted at all. I don't want to be rich.

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I wanted to get punished, and...

I wanted to get punished, and I took unnecessary punishment when I was fighting.

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I made a million, and I lost ...

I made a million, and I lost a million.

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I fought Sugar Ray Robinson s...

I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it's a wonder I don't have diabetes.

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God's been pretty good to me....

God's been pretty good to me. He made me duck all those punches that were supposed to land.

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I lost a lot of money, lost m...

I lost a lot of money, lost my wife and kids.

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Sugar Ray Robinson was the gr...

Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest, pound-for-pound, ever. He fought most of his career with just one loss, and that was to me. He had 131 fights with one loss.

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I've learned a lot about life...

I've learned a lot about life besides how to take a punch. And I've taken quite a few in and out of the ring.

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You don't compare a guy with ...

You don't compare a guy with 30 or 40 fights with a guy who had 200 fights and fought over 25 years.

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I always needed money when I ...

I always needed money when I was younger. I had different ways of getting it. A lot of the ways I don't like to talk about.

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I purposely lost a fight to B...

I purposely lost a fight to Billy Fox because they promised me that I would get a shot to fight for the title if I did.

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I never went to church. The p...

I never went to church. The priests couldn't scare me with all that crap about hell, but somehow I knew, inside of me somehow, I knew that I'd pay for it.

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