"I did six years of planning to win……" — Gene Tunney
"I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey."
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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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The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.
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I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.
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I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.
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Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.
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Therefore, as a player, as a coach, even though we might have lost in a season or not won a…
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Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend…
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Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we could look at winning more races.…
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