Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly.

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.

As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one.

In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.