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" I fought Sugar Ray six times. Pound for pound the greatest fighter who ever lived. "

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" I forget stuff. Guess I took a few too many punches. "

" All my life I made a living out of hurting people. Now, I make a living out of making people laugh. "

" Lot of guys can take punches. The idea is not to take unnecessary punishment. "

" Besides being a slum kid with no great education in anything except how to fight and stay alive and steal, I also had this temper. "

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" I been in jail twice. The first time was reform school: they got me for carrying burglar's tools, something like that. The morals charge was a frame-up. "

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" You can't fight if you have any compassion or anything like that. "

" I'm no angel. "

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" I've learned a lot about life besides how to take a punch. And I've taken quite a few in and out of the ring. "

" There's a lot of people all over the world that talked about me. "

" Forward, always moving forward, from the time I can remember - a kid. I was short, and the big guys would take advantage; I had to turn myself into a body puncher. By that time I was in reform school, they'd have a boxing match every week; they'd bring guys in from outside to fight me. "

" I used to psyche myself out. Only, back then, we didn't know the word 'psyche.' "

" Something's bound to happen to you in a tough fight: cut eye, broken nose or broken hand or something like that. So you could make excuses out of anything, you know, but you got to keep on going if you're a champ or you're a contender. "

" I hypnotized myself so in my subconscious, I believed I couldn't get hurt. And I don't mean 'believe' - I mean believe believe believe. "

" Most people aren't good or bad. They're naive. "

" I guess God blessed me with a hard head, because I really didn't feel punches. "