Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.
There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.
The whole damned country was depending on me.
Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.
Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.