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Larry Holmes
6 quotes
“If you want to get technical about it, Rocky couldn't carry my jockstrap.”
Larry Holmes (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.”
Larry Holmes (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.”
Larry Holmes (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you constantly hear people talking about going the distance, going the distance, you can't help but wonder about it. I learned a lesson: next time I will fight my fight without that doubt.”
Larry Holmes (born 1949) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After the Cooney fight, as quoted in "Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It" by Tom Callahan in TIME (21 June 1982).
“I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world.”
Larry Holmes (born 1949) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It" by Tom Callahan in TIME (21 June 1982).
“I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish, I fought the fight for the people. We're all God's children. I don't see color. I'm not a racist When I look at Gerry Cooney, I just see a man trying to take my head off.”
Larry Holmes (born 1949) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It" by Tom Callahan in TIME (21 June 1982).