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“I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it.”

Enjoy Violence Boxing

Book:Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

“I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. I was intrigued by how one moved one's body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match.”

Body Used Enjoy Violence Protect Moved Strategy Oneself Boxing Retreat Intrigued

Author:Nelson Mandela

“Boxing is an American sport - a 'so-called sport' to many - in which images of incalculable beauty and violence, desperation and ingenuity, are routinely entwined; the sport that evokes the most extreme reactions - loathing, revulsion, righteous indigation; a fierce and often inexplicable loyalty.”

Sports Violence Extremes Loyalty Reactions Boxing Righteous Fierce Desperation Ingenuity Evoke Loathing Inexplicable Entwined Revulsion

Book:(Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities

Source: (Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities

“I've never trained anyone that I haven't known as a child. I knew Kirkland when he was 12. Every one of them I started training when they were kids. This is not about just the fight game for me. It is a sport for troubled children that are drawn to violence and that type of life. Boxing has that violence part in it, but it also has structure and dedication and the whole nine yards. You get that little bit of violence that you were drawn towards, but it can save a lot of kids.”

Children Kids Fighting Sports Violence Training Boxing Dedication

Author:Ann Wolfe

“I do consider the human capacity for violence is the central issue of the social contract. In boxing we have a peculiarly civilized form, in that boxers don't screech and holler. They don't use weapons. All of this seems to me quite amazing, because it is so disciplined, so controlled. It's ritualized, but absolutely genuine. And the cultural structure built around that ritual is absolutely fascinating to me. And it seems to me that boxing is one of those structures that is designed to promote harmony. I think that it is a stove that contains that fire in us and makes it safe and useful.”

Thinking Violence Harmony Boxing Civilized Ritual Social Contract

Author:Katherine Dunn