“The toughest fight I had out of the ring was when my mother found out that I was fighting.”

“As a champion, I felt I’d love to live like one. And I had a ball, I really did. I…”

“Richard Rodgers got me started. He heard me one day and he couldn't believe I never had…”

“You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone.”