Gene Tunney Quotes

• Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Boxing

• To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Good

• The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Championship, Quality, Champion

• Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the very reverse of a killer, the prize fighter who read books, even Shakespeare.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Self, Impression

• Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world’s heavyweight champion.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Self, World, Boxing, Champion

• Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Opportunity

  Tags in Self

• One half-conscious thought was burned in my mind: stay on your feet.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Mind, Thought

• The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure – chest collapsed, stomach protruding.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Body, Figure

• My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense – on the order of Mike Gibbons.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Ambition

  Tags in Self

• In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Life, Youth

  Tags in Differences

• Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Enemy

  Tags in Chief, Heart

• If all human lives depended upon their usefulness – as might be judged by certain standards – there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Human, Usefulness, World

• As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Boxer, Temperament

• I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Boxer, Planning, Championship

• Ever since boyhood I’ve made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Religion

• Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Player, Thinking, Games

• A concave chest means that your diaphragm is sagging.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Boxer, Body

• A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Boxer, Exercise

• Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.

  Gene Tunney

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  Tags in Exercise, Should

• A boxer’s diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar.

  Gene Tunney

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Diet

Gene Tunney (20)

Birth:	25th May, 1897
Death:	7th November, 1978
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Boxer

About

James Joseph "Gene" Tunney was born in New York City, New York, USA. He was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion from 1926–28. Having defeated Jack Dempsey twice, first in 1926 and then in 1927, Tunney's successful title defense against Dempsey remains one of the most famous bouts in boxing history and is known as The Long Count Fight. Tunney retired as an undefeated heavyweight after his victory over Tom Heeney in 1928.

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Births

• 1931 - Kenneth Haigh
• 1971 - Sheryl Swoopes
• 1971 - Ronald Steel
• 1921 - Mary Douglas
• 1887 - Robert Quillen

Deaths

• 1983 - Thomas S. Gates Jr.
• 1976 - Josef Albers
• 1980 - Milton H. Erickson
• 1977 - Nunnally Johnson
• 1969 - Max Eastman