“You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when th...” — Jack Dempsey Quote

“You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.”

“Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.”

“By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.”

“We couldn't let anyone know about it at the time, but I wasn't all that healthy at times. I was battling cancer and had to have treatment in New York once a week, so Mr. Merrick arranged for me to fly out after the show on Sunday, from wherever we were touring, to see my doctor on Monday and fly back in time for the show on Tuesday.”

“One of my graduate school professors, to whom I started sending poems when I started writing again after a 10-year hiatus, suggested I prepare a book manuscript which he could send to publishers for me.”