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“I'd become an uncertain creature in her mind, and I found I liked it; she couldn't fathom what else I might be doing when her eyes weren't on me.”
“No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.”
“I could not tell anymore how much of the screaming came from my own mouth. I was borne up on the swell of it, I was the sound. We were all howling together, the poor and the quality, the boxing gir...”
“He felt the guilt of inaction, of simply waiting while his life went to waste. No one was worth the gift of his life, no one could possibly be worth that. It belonged to him alone, and he did not d...”
“Against my mouth she groaned. "I hate being quiet." A breathless chuckled escaped me. "Me too. Once we're home..." "Lots of noise.”
“Foreboding, and an all too familiar lack of control, roiled in my gut. My opponent might be hungry for a win, but I was famished. Something in my life would be a victory. Sorry Shark, I wasnt going...”
“Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a boxer's opponent provides a kind of companionship, someone he can grapple wit...”
“One way, he thought, the whole thing of ring fighting was hurting somebody else, deliberately, and particularly when it was not necessary. Two men who have nothing against each other get in a ring ...”
“Manny has swung with many men, but many men never seen Manny's blissful swing.”
“~Have NO fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with YOU, therefore NO harm can befall YOU; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence~”
“The mere fact that a boxer covers his face never means that he is much afraid of his opponent. A good punch will give a better explanation for his action!”
“Most people who watch a fight think it's all about the muscle: hitting harder, moving faster. And, yeah, sometimes it looked that way. But telling somebody that you won a fight by hitting the other...”
“I aint never had me a single round in a professional, boxin ring. Im whatcha call a street fighter, a knuckle brawler. Knives, beer bottles, chairs, chains, rocks, sticks, tire irons, and even teet...”
“Life is like a boxing match, keep on throwing those punches and one of them will land.Kevin Lane - The Shawshank Prevention”
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
“The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register.”
“When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.”
“Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and thats in rhythm or youre in trouble. Your rhythm should set the pace of the fight. If it does, then you penetrate you...”
“He rested his head on top of mine and whispered, "I'm warning you now. I'm a horrible patient." I smiled in spite of myself and pulled back. "Of course you are. That's why you're a doctor.”
“...the band broke into a cover of "Hungry Like the Wolf." I smiled up at mine. He was sexy even in soaking wet blue jeans. "Dance with me.”
