“If I lost all, at least I would have played for it. It had always been my philosophy that one must play, or be a loser two-fold.” PhilosophyWinningLosingArroganceBoxingGamblingBettingThe Fair FightGeorge Bowden Book:The Fair Fight Source: The Fair Fight
“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.” RomanceFeminismFalling In LoveBoxingRuthThe Fair FightRebelliousness Book:The Fair Fight Source: The Fair Fight
“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 girl and the beast inside my breast. If she was a madwoman, then we were all of us with her, and I had never felt such savage elation, nor known that it existed.” FightingPassionBoxingFanaticismCrowdCharlotteThe Fair FightMadwoman Book:The Fair Fight Source: The Fair Fight
“I'd no room left in me for thinking of trifling things. I could feel fear start up and try to take down my rage, but I'd not give it up.” TruthFearAngerRageBoxingRuthStanding UpThe Fair Fight Book:The Fair Fight Source: The Fair Fight