"Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing."
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"I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down."
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"That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up."
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"I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it."
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"I sought the advice and cooperation from all those around me- but not permission."
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"I would like to say boxing cannot compared with war. We have gloves on, we have cushions, we have referees, we have judges, we have ambulances there, the intention not to kill, we don't have steel there, we don't have bullets, we don't kill momma, kill daddy, kill baby, our intention is a sport, and we're not there to kill, so boxing cannot be compared in no way with machineguns and bombs and everything that used."
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"I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot."
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"Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable."
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"This boldness in telling the truth overshadows sport greatly. You couldn't get Joe Frazier or no boxer on this show and get interest in a subject like this. He couldn't talk about it."
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"Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him."
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"I've always been into sports and being physical."
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"It is a testament to the fundamental honesty of football that Israel, with nothing to play for, overcame Russia in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The sport has its faults, but this basic trust is the reason Wembley holds 80,000 and could take more and the track and field venue for the London Olympics will be reduced after the event to the same capacity as the home of Wigan Athletic."
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"You want to be the guy who makes an impact in every game. In this sport it's all about results-winning games and making the playoffs."
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"I write all day and outline stories, a sports mythological universe."
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"I am a huge sports fan. I grew up playing sports and I'm a huge [Arkansas] Razorbacks fan, but any sports personally."
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"I like watching sports. I like going to sports games and that's kind of my life during football season for sure."
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"The Coach does not play in the game, but the Coach helps the players identify areas to improve their game."
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"But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court, And spawns his quarto, and demands your praise,-- Death to his publisher, to him 'tis sport."
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"I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level."
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"In '87 - four years after 'Sports' was released - my family and I began vacationing in Montana. I soon bought my first piece of land in Ravalli County, in the western part of the state."
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