Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley. — Budd Schulberg Copy Share Image
I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville. — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
In English the expression 'ancient Greece' includes the meaning of 'finished,' whereas for us Greece goes on living, for better or for worse; it… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it. — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows. — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
“It made me uncomfortable. I guess I've always been afraid of people who can be agile without grace.” — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
“Most of us are ready to greet our worst enemies like long-lost brothers if we think they can show us a good time, if… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you. — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
I’d like to be remembered as someone who used their ability as a novelist or as a dramatist to say the things he felt… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
“I thought of Sammy Glick rocking in his cradle of hate, malnutrition, prejudice, suspicions, amorality, the anarchy of the poor; I thought of him… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share
