Quotes about lbs (13 Quotes)




    Tony is one of the most courageous people I've ever met. Describing his student, Tony Brown, wrestling competitively at 105 lbs, a year after having both legs amputated following an accident.

    He's a great guy to throw to. I've thrown to him a couple of years now between college and the Minors, and he's a great guy behind the plate. I trust throwing to him. His size hasn't been an issue for me. He just might not have grown into his body yet. He's still young, like all of us here. But he's learned how to call and catch from a great pitching coach Troy Buckley at LBS. And for me, personally, he calls a good game.

    Gradually, at the concerts, I began to hear calls for 'the fat girl' . . . . Then I would jump up for the piano stool, forgetting about my size 145 lbs at age 13, and work to get all the laughs I could get.



    It's easy to make a lightweight calf gain 3.5 lbs.day. If you've averaged 1.8 lbs. historically and were always trying to get 2.0 lbs., it's hard to change your mindset to restricting gain rather than maximizing it.


    I was tired, and it was an accumulation of all the hard fights. But I was just tired. I fell down because I was tired. I was tired because of making weight. The body can't take much more, and I was exhausted. It's hard to tell if I can make this weight (130lbs) again. I am going to take a vacation. I'm just tired of boxing.

    He just can't make 147 any more. We knew that. Cory had been struggling with the weight for the last three fights. He makes 154 easily. He can eat properly without starving himself and all that craziness that we had to go through. We are looking at coming into the 154lbs division and pretty much do the same thing we did at 147lbs, win all the titles.



    Last year I was hitting mostly soft singles, ... This year I've got my swing back, and I'm hitting with authority. I've always been able to put the ball in play, and I've never seen myself as a small guy (he's 5-10, 188 lbs).



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