“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.” IfsWorldHumansHelpingMightWould BeCertainSportsStandardsCharityHuman LifeMaking A DifferenceMortalityJudgedTerrificUsefulness Author:Gene Tunney
“Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.” RunningSportsBasketballBreathingBoxingSwimmingJumpingHandball Author:Gene Tunney
“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.” ShouldSportsLowsFruitFatsIcePlentyMeatDietsVegetablesMilkSugarCreamIce CreamProteinBoxers Author:Gene Tunney
“Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly.” SportsHoursFourBoxing Author:Gene Tunney
“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.” ReasonKidsSportsSidesWestBlowBoxingTemperamentTwo SidesGlovesWest SideFooling AroundBoxing Gloves Author:Gene Tunney
“Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.” MadeReligionSportsExerciseShapesBoyhood Author:Gene Tunney
“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.” KnowsWayPurposeSportsInterestQualityStudyRingsChampionMy TimeChampionshipHabitual Author:Gene Tunney
“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.” HeartSportsEnemyBloodIncreaseFatsChiefsLoad Author:Gene Tunney
“In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.” RunningGamesSportsMiddleYouthExerciseApproachPlentySettlingSettling Down Author:Gene Tunney
“My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.” OrderSportsMy OwnAmbitionSpeedDefenseRingsBoxingMikeSkillful Author:Gene Tunney
“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.” BookHardEnoughMightFightingSportsKnownImpressionFighterPrizeKillersReverse Author:Gene Tunney
“The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding.” MenBodySportsCuttingFiguresHe ManChestsStomachAggravationPitiful Author:Gene Tunney
“Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.” ThinkingKidsFightingOpportunitySportsGood Opportunity Author:Gene Tunney
