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“The first thing I do with a young fighter,” D’Amato said, “is explain fear. Most people don’t know much about fear. They think it’s a sign of being yellow. But fear is normal. It’s like fire. If you let it get out of control, it will destroy you and everything around you. If you can learn how to control it, you can make it work for you. Fear is just nature’s way of preparing you to fight.”7”
― W.K. Stratton, Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing’s Invisible Champion – The Youngest Heavyweight in History and Overlooked Civil Rights Activist