“He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.”
“The past was suddenly rushing in on me in a way I found hard to fight.”
“That Saturday night, a young guy with an angel’s face came to his first fight club, and I tagged him for a fight. I was in a mood to destroy something beautiful . . . Tyler told me later that he'd never seen me destroy something so completely.”
“Rowdy fought everybody. He fought boys and girls. Men and women. He fought stray dogs. Hell, he fought the weather. He'd throw wild punches at rain.Honestly.”
“Do me a favor, okay? Tell my parents that I fought well today. And tell them that I... that I... that I fought hard.”
“No fight is hopeless till it has been fought.”