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

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

But I do say that, if you will regularly devote 15 minutes a day, preferably before breakfast, for 60 days to the simple set of exercises that I devised for conditioning men in the navy, I guarantee that you will enjoy increased physical buoyancy and mental vigor.

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.

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

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