What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done next time.
But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.
When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.
I think it's important to feel those losses because I never want to feel like that again.
You do your best with the realization that nothing gets you in ring-shape better than being in the ring.
The worst injury I have ever suffered in the ring was a torn triceps; they had to take a piece of my hamstring to repair the tear. It was brutal; I was out for 6 months.
I never think about losing. That's why it's so hard to accept a loss.
When you screw up in the ring, it's so embarrassing. But the fans don't know you screwed up unless you act like you just made a mistake.
To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it and to write about it.
When you lose something in your life, stop thinking it's a loss for you... it is a gift you have been given so you can get on the right path to where you are meant to go, not to where you think you should have gone.