Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore. -Budd Schulberg

 

Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.


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You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going.

Budd Schulberg
209

Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on.

Budd Schulberg
183
You can't eat your friends and have them too. -Budd Schulberg
183

Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.

Budd Schulberg
181

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.

Budd Schulberg
171
Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley. -Budd Schulberg
168

You don't understand. I could have had class. I could have been a contender.

Budd Schulberg
167