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" A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body. "
Must
His
Exercise
" A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar. "
Fruit
Fat
Diet
" A concave chest means that your diaphragm is sagging. "
Means
Chest
Your
" 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. "
Reason
More
Kid
" Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise. "
Religion
Shape
Since
" Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart. "
Exercise
Fitness
Heart
" Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain. "
Because
Blood
Enemies
" Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. "
Boxing
Much
Basketball
" I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey. "
Championship
Planning
Years
" If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world. "
Mortality
Human
Standards
" In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively. "
Settle
Youth
Down
" My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons. "
Ambition
My Own
Own
" Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly. "
Only
Before
Boxing
" Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the very reverse of a killer, the prize fighter who read books, even Shakespeare. "
Impression
Fighter
Books
" One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet. "
Thought
Mind
Feet
" The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding. "
Who
Stomach
Man
" The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward. "
Purpose
Time
Professional
" Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight. "
Think
Fight
Good
" To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise. "
Good
Fitness
Good Health
" Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion. "
Believe
World
Champion
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