"Fat is one of the chief enemies of……" — 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."
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24 Quotes by Gene Tunney
Gene Tunney has 24 quotes on this site.
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If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be…
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I've seen Dempsey fight and I was impressed with his lack of knowledge.
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The greatest fighter I ever saw
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
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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…
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Many complain of a chronic weariness that sleep will not banish. Their trouble is that too little blood is pumped…
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But I do say that, if you will regularly devote 15 minutes a day, preferably before breakfast, for 60 days…
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Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly.
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A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.
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A concave chest means that your diaphragm is sagging.
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As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested…
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Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.
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I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
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