"I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age."
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"Will be a divine fight, a holy war...Armageddon on a miniature scale."
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"If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind!"
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"Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight."
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"Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head."
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"That computer was made in Alabama"
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"On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting."
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"It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life."
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