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I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I know my prayers have been answered thousands of times, and I know that I never said a prayer in my life without something good coming of it.
Champions get up when they can't.
Nailing him was like trying to thread a needle in a high wind.
For the first and only time, I was more worried about getting hurt by the crowd than by the guy I was fighting. I got a pretty good blast when introduced. The crowd was hollering and raising hell. I looked around for my bodyguard, a colorful New York character named Wild Bill Lyons, who packed two pearl-handled pistols and used to talk a lot about his days in the West. Wild Bill was under the ring, hiding.
The best defense is a good offense.
When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.
When you're fighting, you're righting for one thing - money.
I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.
Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
