Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.

I could have had class. I could have been a contender.

Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?

You can't eat your friends and have them too.

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley.