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"Prize Fighter."

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I love horses because they
will outrun the fastest man.

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They are majestic, as
stately as a Saturday woman

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before a party.

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Horses smell like what
it means to be fast.

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Sweat and gravel kicked
up on early morning runs.

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The in and out of
breath can growl

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like gravel in tired lungs.

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I groomed and raced horses
from Texas to Philadelphia

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until one broke my leg
bone with a back kick.

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Thanks to that break,
I can't ride anymore.

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And even if I could, we
got these automobiles now.

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[CAR SOUNDS] And they can
carry us a mile a minute.

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[LAUGHTER]

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There he is.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I'm buying the fastest
one of these things

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I can find once I get
my money together.

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I'm like an automobile
in the ring.

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My fists work like
cranked-up engines.

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I've got the kind of
elasticity other fighters

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dream about when I put them
to sleep on the canvas.

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When I clinch a man, it's like
being swaddled in forgiveness.

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When I hook a man, it's like
being hit by frustration.

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I can't tell if these horses
are happy or confounded

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by this new means of locomotion,
but I can say with certainty,

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my prizefighting
cohorts are decidedly

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dissatisfied by my presence.

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That's a direct
quote-- "decidedly

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dissatisfied by my presence."