Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.
Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.
Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams.
Horse racing is animated roulette.
Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.