Sonny Liston quotes
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“Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining.”
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“A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.”
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“My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.”
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“If they ever let me in the ring with him [Cassius Clay], I'm liable to be put away for murder.”
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“Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice.”
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“It don't matter as long as he can count up to 10”
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“The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.”
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“How would you like to find out how good my right is?”
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“Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious.”
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Source : Allison Pearson (2004). “I don't know how she does it: the life of Kate Reddy, working mother”
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“Maybe with boxing and good focus, I can fix myself and make my mother proud.”
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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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“When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.”
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“Wherever I have gone in this country, I have found Americans.”
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