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Destiny in Dalton"However it went down, here I was, living the dream. A roomful of people, all there to see these crazy fighters. At 39, this former scrawny bully victim was one of them" (106).
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"Logan reared back as if he was going to throw a roundhouse kick to my thigh, but instead lunged forward like the man of steel flying into Zod, transferring all his power through his knuckles, into my jaw.
I was rocked like never before" (2).
I was rocked like never before" (2).
"If you have a childhood dream (or unfinished business) that you’ve been putting off, let’s do something about it. We only get one life. Let’s make it one our 85-year-old selves can smile about" (149).
"Other books will show you how to land your dream career. Our aim here is to simply make your 85-year-old self smile" (162).
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"I’ve got him on the ropes, and when I throw that combo the kid, probably 19, goes limp and begins to fall face-first towards the canvas. About that time you can hear Jamey yell, 'He’s hurt!'” .
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MoCo Boxers in CA?In January of the Year of the Fighter I went to LA to assist with an ethics bowl. The family tagged along, we did Disney, waited in line to meet Mr. Mouse, and he was more than happy to pose with a couple of aspiring boxers. Check out the Monroe County Boxing Club t-shirts aaallll the way in CA.
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The Honda CBR
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The Formula"Here’s my 'Success Simplified' formula:
'Shouldn’t research happen first?' Nope. It’s last for a reason" (163). |
A cruel joke?
"At the end of my first fight the ref handed me a long-sleeved t-shirt and a coupon for a hotdog and a coke. I thought, 'A hotdog and a coke? Is this a cruel joke?'
I gave the hotdog slip to teammate Brayden (his teenage metabolism could better handle it) and convinced the concessions people a bottled water was more fitting. It’s not that I don’t like hotdogs. They’re just not part of an athlete’s diet, especially when he’s pushing 40" (173).
I gave the hotdog slip to teammate Brayden (his teenage metabolism could better handle it) and convinced the concessions people a bottled water was more fitting. It’s not that I don’t like hotdogs. They’re just not part of an athlete’s diet, especially when he’s pushing 40" (173).