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I think there's a lot of people out there who, if George Foreman had to get beat, I'm the one fighter they would like to see beat him.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Foreman
George Foreman
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I'm a white guy in a black sport. I really forget about it until someone asks me about it. I'm simply competing in a sport that I love.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Competing
Love Me Black
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I don't ever think in terms of losing. That's not even a possibility. I've been beaten once, and I don't ever want to experience that again.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Beaten
Possibility
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I realize that there's a whole generation of kids out there like me who are totally disregarding the moral values taught to us by our parents.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Moral Values
Me Parents Generation
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I never - I mean, I never saw any doctor's report saying I was HIV positive. I never had a doctor explain to me and show me what was going on.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Hiv
Report
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I'll tell you this: Tommy Morrison has a tattoo of Elvis Presley on his butt, he likes to hunt and fish, and his favorite movie is 'GoodFellas.'
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Likes
Tattoo
Fish
Butt
Favorite
Elvis
Hunt
Tommy
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Ever since I was a kid, I've been confident of coming out on top in a brawl, but the ring is a lot different from a bar. That's been my problem.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Bar
Ring
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When I lost to Ray Mercer, I was young. I deserved to lose that fight because I hadn't learned how to cover all the angles in preparation. I was immature.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Lost
Preparation
Angles
Cover
Fight
Deserved
Learned
Lose
Ray
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I like fighting people that scare me a little bit. People that scare me seem to motivate me, and when you motivate me, you get the best performance out of me.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Scare
Motivate
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I would walk into a room, and people would be like, 'Hide the children. Here comes the guy with AIDS.' That's very demeaning, and it really hurts your spirit.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Aids
Demeaning
Walk Your People
Hurts
Hide
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If I was black or Hispanic, I wouldn't get any criticism. Because I'm white, people expect so much more out of me. That's a little unfair, but life isn't fair.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Criticism
Hispanic
Life Me Black
Life Black Me
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I just want to pursue my dream. That is to fight. That is what God put me here to do. He didn't put me here to be a doctor or a lawyer. He put me here to fight.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Pursue
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With my style, training is very rigorous. You're toe-to-toe, getting beat on six days a week for five or six weeks leading to a fight. There's no fun, no glamour.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Five
Glamour
Six
Training
Beat
Weeks
Leading
No Fun
Rigorous
Six Days
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I lived a permissive, fast, and reckless lifestyle. I hope I can serve as a warning that living this lifestyle can really lead to only one thing, and that's misery.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Lifestyle
Misery
One Thing
Reckless
Warning
Fast
Lead
Only One Thing
Permissive
Serve
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I remember talking to Magic the day I announced I had HIV. He was preaching, 'Do what your doctor tells you.' Well, I didn't have a doctor then, so I got down on my knees, and I prayed.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Hiv
Announced
Prayed
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I was the first player at Jay to play four years varsity. As a frosh, I was a punter. From my soph through senior years, I started as a linebacker and tight end and was all-state as a senior.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Senior
Jay
Tight
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It's a big move from the 'Tough Man' circuit to professional boxing. When I turned pro, I had to play catch-up and was fighting almost twice a month until I had more than 20 fights under my belt.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Boxing
Twice
Month
Belt
Circuit
Pro
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I thought I had the potential to be a better fighter than I'd ever be a football player. Besides, it was something my father always wanted me to do. He told me since I was a little kid I was a born fighter.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Football Player
Little Kid
Always Football Me
Besides
Football Father Me
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If I met a girl, I'd tell her straight up, 'I might run into someone else I want to go out with; don't be offended.' Was that acceptable to them? It had to be. There were enough girls. They were expendable.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Acceptable
Offended
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My life has been very much a roller coaster ride. Not just the boxing part, not just the acting part, just my childhood, what I was into at a young age and the things I was exposed to, it's just very abnormal.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Abnormal
Boxing
Exposed
Roller Coaster
Young Age
Coaster
Ride
Roller
Roller Coaster Ride
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I just turned 27 years old, and there are mornings where my knees and ankles really hurt. I hurt all over. I would hate to be me when I'm 35 years old. I'll be a basket case, but I will have a lot of memories.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Ankles
Basket
Mornings
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The fact that there's never been a single documented case in the history of this planet of anyone ever contracting HIV in the ring seems to me like a leg perfectly strong enough to stand on in terms of a lawsuit.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Contracting
Hiv
Lawsuit
Ring
Documented
Leg
Perfectly
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To all my young fans out there, I ask that you no longer consider me a role model. See me as an individual who had the opportunity to be a role model but blew it. Blew it with irresponsible, irrational, immature decisions.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Irrational
Blew
Role Model
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I am not a big fan of Mike Tyson. I almost idolized him for what he did in the ring - he was such a great fighter. But his behavior out of the ring... he needed to realize he was in the public eye, and there is a responsibility.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Great
Behavior
Eye
Fighter
Idolized
Mike
Needed
Public Eye
Responsibility
Tyson
Almost
Am
Did
Ring
Big Fan
Fan
He
Public
Him
His
Mike Tyson
Realize
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I don't think I have HIV. I don't think that I ever had HIV. I think I had hepatitis. I got rid of the hepatitis, and since then, every single time I have tested for HIV, it has been negative. The original test was a false positive.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Hiv
Tested
Positive Time Negative
Every Single Time
False
Rid
Single Time
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I knew the HIV virus was something anyone could get but also believed the chances were very slim... I honestly believed I had a better chance of winning the lottery than contracting this disease. I have never been so wrong in my life.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Contracting
Hiv
Lottery
Slim
Better Chance
Life Chance Better
Chances
Virus
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I didn't have the greatest equipment or the greatest facilities. I would see people with new shoes and better cars. I knew what I wanted and what I had to do to get what I wanted. I became a very Spartan person at a young age because of that.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Equipment
Young Age
Facilities
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There's a family tradition of fighting in the Kansas City Golden Gloves. My older brother, Tim, did, and so did my father's two youngest brothers, Trent and Troy. They all won the Golden Gloves. So when my mother asked me to keep the tradition going, I did.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Family Tradition
Gloves
Golden
Older Brother
Family City Father
Tim
Troy
Youngest
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The 'Tough Man' contests were for 21-year-olds, but I weighed 150 pounds at 13, so I got a fake ID card and entered. My dad and uncles had given me an edge, so having a boxing background made it easier because a lot of the older guys didn't know how to fight.
Tommy Morrison / Professional Boxer
Uncles
Dad
Boxing
Contests
Easier
Fake
Given
Older Guys
Pounds
Tough
Man Fight Me
Dad Man Me
Background
Card
Fight
Entered
Older
Guys
Having
Id
Weighed
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