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A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.
~ Gene Tunney
Body
Boxer
Develop
Every
Exercise
His
Must
Part
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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.
~ Gene Tunney
Boxer
Cream
Diet
Eat
Fat
Fresh
Fruit
High
Ice
Ice Cream
Lean
Low
Meat
Milk
Plenty
Proteins
Should
Sugar
Therefore
Vegetables
You
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A concave chest means that your diaphragm is sagging.
~ Gene Tunney
Chest
Means
Your
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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.
~ Gene Tunney
Around
Been
Blow
Boxing
Fooling
Gloves
Had
Interested
Kid
More
Reason
Side
Some
Striking
Temperament
Than
West
West Side
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Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.
~ Gene Tunney
Boyhood
Conscientious
Ever
Exercise
Keeping
Made
Regular
Religion
Shape
Since
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Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.
~ Gene Tunney
Exercise
Heart
Regarded
Should
Tribute
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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.
~ Gene Tunney
Because
Blood
Chief
Enemies
Fat
Heart
Increases
Load
Must
Pumping
Supplied
Sustain
Thus
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
~ Gene Tunney
Basketball
Boxing
Breathing
Jumping
Me
Much
Part
Running
Swimming
Were
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I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey.
~ Gene Tunney
Championship
Did
Jack
Planning
Six
Win
Years
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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.
~ Gene Tunney
Certain
Depended
Human
Judged
Lives
Might
Mortality
Standards
Sudden
Terrific
Usefulness
World
Would
Would-Be
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In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.
~ Gene Tunney
Approaches
Around
Down
Exercise
Games
Get
Life
Literally
Middle
Plenty
Running
Settle
Through
Youth
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My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.
~ Gene Tunney
Always
Ambition
Been
Boxing
Defense
Had
Mike
My Own
Order
Own
Ring
Skillful
Speed
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Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly.
~ Gene Tunney
Before
Boxing
Eat
Four
Hours
Less
Lightly
Never
Only
Than
Then
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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.
~ Gene Tunney
Anyone
Books
Could
Defensive
Enough
Essentially
Even
Fighter
Fights
Hard
Hit
Impression
Killer
Known
Might
Normally
Prize
Read
Reverse
Shakespeare
Studied
Very
Who
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One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet.
~ Gene Tunney
Burned
Feet
Mind
Stay
Thought
Your
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The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding.
~ Gene Tunney
Allowed
Body
Chest
Collapsed
Cuts
Deteriorate
Figure
His
Man
Pitiful
Stomach
Who
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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.
~ Gene Tunney
About
Afterwards
Champions
Championship
Did
Habitual
Interest
Know
Learn
My Time
Professional
Purpose
Quality
Ring
Studying
Them
Time
Way
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Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.
~ Gene Tunney
Ever
Fight
Good
Good Opportunity
Kid
Opportunity
Passed
Think
Though
Up
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To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.
~ Gene Tunney
Enjoy
Exercise
Glow
Good
Good Health
Health
Must
You
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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.
~ Gene Tunney
Awakening
Been
Before
Believe
Champion
Dream
Dream It
Had
Hard
Heavyweight
Heavyweight Champion
Morning
Night
Wondered
World
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