Floyd Patterson Quotes

• It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

  Floyd Patterson

  Sports, Men, Mma

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• I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

  Floyd Patterson

  Victory, Littles, Defeat

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• I always say that in order to appreciate warm weather, you must experience cold. I wouldn't change one thing - all the embarrassing moments, the defeats, all of everything - through all of this, I have learned me.

  Floyd Patterson

  Sports, Order, Weather

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• Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

  Floyd Patterson

  Sports, Fear, Scared

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• For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum

  Floyd Patterson

  Sports, Confidence, Train Hard

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• The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

  Floyd Patterson

  Sports, Fighting, Pride

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• I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

  Floyd Patterson

  Sports, Champion, Heavyweights

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• When you have millions of dollars, you have millions of friends.

  Floyd Patterson

  Dollars, Millions

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• There is so much hate among people, so much contempt inside people who'd like you to think they're moral, that they have to hire prizefighters to do their hating for them. And we do. We get into a ring and act out other people's hates.

  Floyd Patterson

  Hate, Thinking, People

  "In Defense of Cassius Clay" by Floyd Patterson, www.esquire.com. June 5, 2016.

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• Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.

  Floyd Patterson

  Boxing, Black, Clay

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• Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people. He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

  Floyd Patterson

  Ku Klux Klan, People, Boxing

  "Let's not Pretend Ali was Gandhi". www.telegraph.co.uk. January 04, 2002.

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• A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

  Floyd Patterson

  Suffering, Way, Never Forget

  "In Defense of Cassius Clay" by Floyd Patterson, www.esquire.com. June 5, 2016.

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