Larry Merchant Quotes

#1. The fundamental goal of Buddhism is the realization of the peace and happiness of humankind.

Josei Toda

#2. That which we fear to touch is often the very fabric of our salvation.

Don DeLillo

#3. No use gambling if you can't lose your head once in a while.

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#4. I don't think that boxing historians have been able to find a case in which a great fighter, or a fighter presumed to be a great fighter, came to such an ignominious end.

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#5. There cannot be a cause without an effect, the present must have had its cause in the past and will have its effect in the future.

Swami Vivekananda

#6. The Super Bowl is like Christmas shopping at Macy's for bookies.

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#7. Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

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#8. There are too many governing bodies. They're all corrupt. I think they have replaced the old Mobsters with the kind of 'corporate rule' of boxing.

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#9. Roy Jones still number one and it's gon' be that way baby! For all these doubters, him [points to Larry Merchant] and the rest of them that said Roy Jones is a fluke, now they know.

Roy Jones Jr.

#10. Invoked or not invoked, the god is present.

Desiderius Erasmus

#11. The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.

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#12. If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass

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#13. Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.

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#14. Betting stimulates the caring glands. That is where there is so much caring at the racetrack.

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#15. Our purpose is to find out whether innocence, the moment it becomes involved in an action, can avoid committing murder.

Albert Camus

#16. Jameel McCline acts as if attacking Wladimir Klitschko is akin to attacking Russia during winter

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#17. This fight figures to be crunk

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#18. Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?

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#19. Vitali Klitschko doesn't get enough credit for how intelligent he fights, because he knows when to throw at the target and when to throw through the target.

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#20. Q: Why did the bride wear white? A: Because the groom wanted his dishwasher to match his fridge and oven.

Various

#21. It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention.

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#22. Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.

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#23. You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world.

James L. Brooks

#24. To say he has a glass chin is an insult to glass.

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#25. Fernando Vargas may have had a 6-pack in his stomach, but he didn't have a six-pack on his chin.

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#26. Just because you BEAT Michael Jordan doesn't mean you BECOME Michael Jordan.

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#27. If you delve into and a part of the political wars, the - as I would call it, the arguing ad infinitum. It never ends, and very few people I've noticed ever change their mind.

Phil Robertson

#28. I can remember when 'Pulp Fiction' came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead