Angelo Dundee quotes
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“Training fighters is like trying to catch a fish. It's technique, not strength.”
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“Trainers give of themselves. So, I learned and I projected it with my fighter.”
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“Notice who is in the locker room after you lose, not after you win.”
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“You're blowing it, son! You're blowing it!”
-- Angelo DundeeSource : "Angelo Dundee, More Than Just A Good Cornerman". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 4, 2012.
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“It's been like that forever. We got spoiled by Joe Louis, by Rocky Marciano. Muhammad ruined us for everybody. He was great outside [the ring]; he was great inside. We got so accustomed to it we thought we deserved it.”
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“It doesn't cost anything more to be nice.”
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“Both guys ran out of gas, only my guy had an extra tank.”
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“Criticism is okay, encouragement is better!”
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“You take what the guy gives you. If there's nothin' there, you handle it. No problem.”
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“There are positive and negative thoughts. And, hey, it doesn't cost you a cent more to think positively .”
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“In all my years in boxing I'd never known such heat”
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“This kid deserves anything good that happens to him. He's such a good guy. He's just the nicest human being you want to meet.”
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“I just put the reflexes in the proper direction.”
-- Angelo DundeeSource : " Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies", www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2012.
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“The match would have to be made at 165 pounds. Sean can't make 160 any more, even though he's drinking lite beer these days”
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“The nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep”
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“Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way.”
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“Any fighter didn't like Muhammad Ali should have his head examined.”
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“When she would walk, it was like rhythm. The guys' heads would bounce, but I wouldn't look because I was married.”
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“I never knew about a lot of the outside things”
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“He would have beat everybody because we'd have found a way to beat him.”
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“I loved the movie for the simple reason that I saw the scenes and I saw Muhammad working with these guys.”
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“Muhammad aware of what to look for and he handled it on his own. He did his own thing. I never programmed him.”
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“What's his name? I tried to forget him because if he would have fought like he worked with my guy he would have knocked the guy out.”
-- Angelo Dundee
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