I'm happy in Oklahoma. It's closer to family. Nobody expects anything of you there.
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“I'm happy in Oklahoma. It's closer to family. Nobody expects anything of you there.”
— Tommy Morrison · Closer
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✦ About the Author
✦ More by Tommy Morrison
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I'm happy in Oklahoma. It's closer to family. Nobody expects anything of you there.
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I never - I mean, I never saw any doctor's report saying I was HIV positive. I never had a doctor explain to me and show me what was going on.
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I didn't live in L.A. I lived in Oklahoma, and I liked to do normal things with normal people.
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When I lost to Ray Mercer, I was young. I deserved to lose that fight because I hadn't learned how to cover all the angles in preparation. I was immature.
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There's a family tradition of fighting in the Kansas City Golden Gloves. My older brother, Tim, did, and so did my father's two youngest brothers, Trent and Troy. They all won the Golden Gloves. So when my mother asked me to keep the tradition going, I did.
✦ More Closer Quotes
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When it comes to a love story, you're like, 'I've been in love before.' So it's closer to you than the other stuff, and for me, that can be less comfortable.
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The more time goes on, the closer I am to the ground. I've been exposed to so many issues and people living under different pressures. It's helped me realize that a lot of glamorous things that people prioritize really don't matter.
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I've felt since I was a kid this desperate longing to be closer to - I don't know what. Just to something bigger, to be in conversation with the mystery of everything.
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I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with them. And just having a pure heart and being a good person can bring you closer to God. Because once you believe in one particular religion fully and not others, that requires you to start disliking people who don't share your views.