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People think that I reached the top overnight; well, it took me fourteen years. I was twenty-nine before I really made it. I've had my jaws and hands broken. One arm is out of place. I've paid my dues in this business.
Source: c. 1983, in My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget, by Dorothy Winbush Riley, 1995.
-- Larry Holmes, (Nov 3 1949-____), US boxer; He won the WBC heavyweight title from Ken Norton, 1978; holds one of the highest records for consecutive wins (48) for a career of 53 to 3.