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

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.

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

Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.

Darryl Zanuck turned us down at Twentieth Century-Fox. He told us no one is going to care about a lot of sweaty longshoremen.

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