"In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess."
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"Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent."
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"How can you trust a man who can talk for 5 minutes and you cant understand a sentence of it!"
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"Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency."
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"I play chess about four hours a day in training camp. You have to decide what move to use, or what combination of moves. I think less when I box because the reaction time is a lot quicker, but some people call me the chess boxer because they say I think too much in the ring. I take my time and they don't see the action they want. Some boxers just go in there and just throw punches and hope to win."
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"It's not rage that drives me, it's competition."
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"Action is what separates the do-ers from the dreamers."
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"You can consider me like fine wine. I just get better with age."
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"I've got a new life now, a new future, there's a lot more to Lennox Lewis than just being a boxer."
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"Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist."
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"You can't spend 110 percent on something if you don't have that same hunger and drive. I have achieved all my goals - my mission is complete."
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"The danger of a closed mind is that it can also leave good things like love, compassion and reason on its outside."
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"Whatever I do, I always want to get better."
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"I've found that taking shortcuts will get you to the place you don't want to be much quicker than they get u to the place u want to be."
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"There is just one rule about boxing: never bet on the white guy."
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"I always ask myself why old heavyweights come back, but I plan to stay out of the ring."
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"I just want to complete my legacy."
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"I cannot fight everyone at once. I have to take one at a time."
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"I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character."
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"In boxing, if you think you will lose... you're already halfway there."
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