Cus D'Amato

Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He…

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There are very few new things in this world, very few. That's why people that are young, if they're smart, try to…

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I tell my kids, what is the difference between a hero and a coward? What is the difference between being yellow and…

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Every fighter that ever lived had fear. A boy comes to me and tells me that he's not afraid, if I believed…

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A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the…

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If you can hit your opponent with two punches, you don't hit him with one. Get off with some bad intentions in…

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Mike's (Tyson) punch is like an atomic bomb in that it is relative to nature. Both have no value unless you have…

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Losers are winners who quit,...even if you lose...you still win...if you don't quit.

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Boxing is a sport of self-control. You must understand fear so you can manipulate it. Fear is like fire. You can make…

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When you get hit that's when you've got to be calm. A professional fighter has to learn how to hit and not…

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Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently.

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When two men step into the ring, one and only one deserves to win. When you step into the ring, you gotta…

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To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.

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A fighter has to know fear.

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You got to be smart you got to be clever and not get hit and when your able to do this your…

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Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who…

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There is no difference between a hero and a coward in what they feel. It’s what they do that makes them different.…

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Emotions, particularly anger, are like fire. They can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.

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The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while…

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Greatness is not a measure of how great you are but how great others came to be because of you

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There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is…

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Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you: it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when…

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No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended…

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The punch that knocks a man out is the punch that he doesn't see.

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Many people who have been around boxing all those years never had a champion, certainly a heavyweight champion....For that to happen in…

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