Thomas Hauser Quotes

Thomas Hauser

Profession : Author

Birth : February 27, 1946

Three of my childhood dreams went unfulfilled. I never saw a no-hitter, never saw a triple play, and never caught a ball that had been hit into the stands. But I did see the Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a World Series game when I was 10.

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Baseball is a game of tradition. It lives, in large measure, on its past.

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Yankee Stadium played host to the most important prizefight ever when Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in 1938.

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Even when the heavyweight champion was a fighter of limited ability, he was still the heavyweight champion of the world.

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The single most important thing that sports fans want is competition building to a meaningful championship.

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Interest in a sport peaks during its championship season. That's when even casual observers turn on their television sets, and lifelong fans are born.

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The ultimate goal of any athlete in any sport is to become a true world champion.

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When Roy Jones was young, he glowed. There was an aura about him, and words came out of his mouth like bursts of machine-gun fire.

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Every time a fighter steps into the ring, he's borrowing against his future well-being.

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In boxing, if a fighter doesn't leave the sport on time, something bad is likely to happen.

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To make it big, a fighter needs power. Otherwise, sooner or later, he'll fall victim to opponents who force the issue and take two or three punches to land one.

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Most major sports benefit from the fact that betting by the general public fuels fan interest and boosts television ratings. The Super Bowl and 'March Madness' are prime examples. But sports other than boxing draw a clear line where betting by participants is concerned.

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As a general rule, Las Vegas sports books take boxing bets only on major fights.The same is true of most Internet gaming sites. Within that framework, not only does boxing allow participants to bet on their own bouts, it sometimes encourages them to do so.

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Betting by insiders has a corrosive effect. It breeds suspicion, adds to the appearance of corruption, invites more corruption, and, in a sport like boxing, puts lives at risk.

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Professional fights between men and women send the message that violence between men and women is appropriate. In most homes, that's not a fair fight, which is why I'm against intergender boxing.

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I'm sure there is an infinite number of men who Ann Wolfe can knock out. I'm one of them.

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In the 1940s, boxing was a mainstream sport and deeply ingrained the fabric of Harlem. Joe Louis ruled the world, but the local icon was Sugar Ray Robinson.

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Most people have been on a baseball diamond and a basketball court. At least once in their life, they've walked across a football field. But relatively few people have ever set foot inside a boxing ring.

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Unlike most sports playing fields, a boxing ring is a temporary structure.

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A boxing ring looks different from the inside, particularly when it's shared with another man who is intent upon rendering you unconscious. There's no place to hide. Once a fighter climbs the stairs, he's roped in, unable to leave until his night's work is done.

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