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Show f- f fTlEUT 4 1 - c C oaNrc UAND oaNrc.PCE UANDCE . / //CE CE .P/CE .PCE .P P .PCELEUT ? / / TIEUT TlEUT COM COId GENE GENI : TUNNEY is isL isan isan isJL/ isJL isJLan LEUT I L / an expert capert c pcrt in ill m the art or scienceof SCIence SCIenceI SCIenceof scienceof And thIS thIShappens thishappens this.happens thishappens of s i \ inn mn ng competition . happens to bo be the day and t tmewhen me mewhen mewhen when great competitors are needed neededat neededat neededat at the front or back of the tront front frontWe frontI commander\ commander We caught the roving rovlDg commanderm commanderon commander \ on m the run to get gct his ills slant in m this general rccHonJust Just wh wht whit ? t , , we asked Tunney < . ' IS ] g needed to make a wmn Willn svinn ng com cow com'pet cowpet cornpet pet tor in war or work or sport7 sport sport7There ? ' There are two main maID sections tothIs tothis to 'pet pet ' , thIs ( his matter Tiuiney Tunney slid s'ud sud svd ' One isf Is isphysicalthe physIcal-the physIcal the physical - the other is mental Certalnly Certalnly Cer CerI I talnly physical condition condlhon is a bIg bIgI bigif- bigif bigifItem I + - Item ftem Vo No one ph physically ) SICally unfit can canJ4 canp J4 te be of much help In any ( form orm of ofd , competition and . " we "e e are now In tl D emiddle e ,1 1 ,1competition ' " . middle of the toughest compehtJve competitive compehtJvestruggle competitivestruggle competitivestraggle struggle the world ever . jias tJ.as tJas lias known known'IhlS knownThis knownThis 'IhlS IhlS This ' is an all-out all out - - scrap ( for or ever every everybody everlody } ) body now Dow It\ It It109 using I \ mg 109 And it is no part partof partof partof of a push-over push over push-aver aver - - - or a sure thingIn thingIn thing thingIn In my own case I gave se\ se set seen se\enyears se enyears \ en enyears enyears years to the matter of getting gettmg rca'iyor rcaiyor rca-iy rca iy rea-1y rea 1y rcaiyfor rea1yfor ' - - for ( Jack Dcmpsey Dt'mpsey Dtmpsey Dempsey ' I never triedr tried J r 6 I v \ * # ? ? i _ - . - . A lA Y 'a a ' e eQ f fIt i fi Q \ It 1 II 1l 1li IIf f i } , . } ) LIEUT CO\I CO I CO'I COI COST ' ' \ GENE GEVE TUVNEYi TUVNEYNot TUVNEYNot TUNNEY TUVNEY i | Not tl tT tTousands tlousands ousands but m llions thong thongto to ease up or spare myself myseU I knew knewthe knewthe knewthe the job it would take even to havea have | a chance A 0(1 01 ti ( ; We were supposed to be a natIOn natIOnIf nationof nationot If of ( athletes But when this tblS war brokeout broke broket brokeout t out Clut everyone ever > ) one was amazed to knowt knowhow know knowf f t tow how unfit physically so many millions millions mIl mIlDons Dons lions were I didn dIdo t say thousands thousands- thousandsI thousands1 - I 1 , I said millions Millions 1\ll1lIons 1 ll1lIons \ and more moremIllions moremillions moremillions mIllions There bad had been too much muchease muchease muchease ease too much softness too few fewwilling ( fewwilling ew ewmllmg mllmg willing to pay the price needed to toget toget toget get , getIn ; ( get in shapeBy shape * meant meanf t f By shape or condition I mean meanlegs meanlegs mean'legs meanlegs ' legs and stomach and eyes earsy earsespecially ears earsespecially y > especially speclally To me exercises thatdevelop thatdevelop that thatdevelop develop the right stomach musclesplus musclesplus muscles musclesplus plus the right diet are among the themost thernost ? most important lIDportant factors I have nev nevf never nevji f : er < r quit these exercises since smce mylast mylast my ' last fight with Tom Heeney years yearsago yearsago ; , ago We have needed more performers perform performcrs crs ers rs and fewer fev.er fever . spectators fewer mproportion inproportion m in mproportion 1 1Not INot proportionNot proportion Not for GrantedYou Granted You can t take cond cold tion bon for forgranted tor.granted torgranted Jgranted forJgranted { granted . It is something somethmg tor for wh chyou chlyou ch chyou lyou , you have to \ work ork . . . But as somephilosopher some somephilosopher ' philosopher once said It is better betterto betterto betterto 'IJPh1l0S0Pher IJPh1l0S0Pher some'IJPh1l0S0Pher | to tram today than to wait walt watt for to tomorrow to/ to tomorrow ; / morrow to be outclassed outclassed'We outclassed4 ' ' "We We 'We " U 11 ll have to get more iron mtoJur intoour into mto intoour ( our Jur bodies and our hearts and andsouls andi-souls andi souls andisoulsThere .souls souls . - .souls'There soulsThere ' There 'There is another b g side to themaking the themaking : , making makmg of a wmn winn ng competitor competitorTunney competitor,3 competitor3 J'Tunney JTunney competitorJ'Tunney . , ) ' Tunney said This Tills is the mental.angle mental ' . angle .angle 7 ' 7In In the first place no smart person person per person son ever underrates a nvalor rivalor rival nval or an anl anenemy anf anfenemy l enemy This is especially true inb inwar in 10 10II war A team afford to II . b can lose a1l a 1l \ football game or a pennant racea race a Bat But no cation natIon can afford to lose a at a1 1 t war That means losing losm.g losmg . ' ever every everything everi } ) dot . tl thing ng The only smart thing tbmg to do t * is to fie-ure fie ure fig-are fig are figure - - you fOU have a strong slrong- slrong slrongtough - : toug-h toug h tough toughable toughable toughable - able opponent in m the road , " who "ho ho can canonly canonly canonly only be bea beaten n by greater strengthi strengthtoughness strength streng-th streng th - i . , onglmess toag-bness toag bness toughness ( - and abilityt ability abl.lIty abllIty . . t < It would be interesting interestmg to knowjust know , just how many contests have beenl beenI been t beent I tI lost through overconfldence overconfidence I don t 1 I ' believe there can be a greater shockt shockb shock b than to find suddenly you are UP upu up1 up1against ' .1t 1t . .1tagamst u against agamst more than you } ; > ou looked for forand tory I I < ' and not be ready tor for it It is too tooplate toop toolate tooy plate p late then to have your regrets Nc No > < , ( ) one ne pays oil oIY oa on regretsI regretsWe regrets regretsI I I 1 We are today In a much rougher { a toa rougherTougher tougher war than we expected e"pected epected evpected " to tomeet tcmeet meet Too many of us have under 4 4rated ra rated d the enemy-two enemy two enemy - two enemies who who'J whov wh ( v 'J J ' ! r + have had ten lea years preparation preparationI preparationagainst I . ! ( 1 agamst against gainst our ten monthsOther months monthsJ i iOther J Other Angles Annies A I r.o ro ha . \o o \ winning Wlnnlng Winmng compel compet tor Tunney Tunneycontmued TunneyContinued Tunneyg , continued contmued can afford tear fear or dis discouragement diseouragement disf disfcouragement couragement eouragement or self pity Cowards Cowardsas CowardsI Cowardstj 1 I 1as as Shakespeare put it 11 die many manyST manytimes times before their thelI ' deaths The val valJaDt vallent lant JaDt lent never taste of death but once onceThere There must be confidence but notoverconfidence notoverconfidence not j overconfldence overconfidence There must be full fullt fulltdetermination fulldetel'IIlDafion fulldeternpnahon determination detel'II\lDafion detel'II detelII lDafion deternpnahon ' \ to wm WID win whatever the thePrice theprice theE . Price to be paid paul . . . , 'In In ' . In my own case , I worked as . ashard hard on the tbe mental side , on the sideof sideof side ' of f nerve control as I ever workedClIl workedon worked , on ClIl the physical when I was boxing boxmg boxingFor boxmgFor For example , . I had full tall respect for forJack forlack , himI Jck Jack lack * Dempsey , , but no tear fear ol of him I hadmade had made up my mind In advance that advancethat beforeI I would wouJd let him kill kl1I me before beforewoald beforewould I wonid woald would quit I wag was prepared men taUy tally mentally mentaUy to be knocked down But I 1 1also Ialso I also lso prepared myself mysell to be ready I CglI . to readyto toget to fait s & ' fights ' & ' get 'et et up l1p agaln-and agaln and again-and again again - - and keep on fight- fight fightSomeone Cgl - - Someone has bas said that fight-I fight I each.I1:1ust eachinust each , roust .I1:1ust .I11ust I11ust inust . : beUeve beileve suffer 5u1er sutler ! to grow strong I be- be beueve - - - > Ueve ileve ueve in that theory theol ' ) or ideat idea i t |