Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.

Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.

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

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

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.

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

I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey.