"I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter."
"When you constantly hear people talking about going the distance, going the distance, you can't help but wonder about it. I learned a lesson: next time I will fight my fight without that doubt."
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Source: Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It. Interview with Tom Callahan, June 21, 1982.
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