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...says, in fact, that "after this fight I'm gettin' out. Win, lose or draw, I'm hanging them on the wall." Maybe so, but if the fight is close or controversial, there will be an irresistible demand for another Fight of the Century. What could change his mind is his share of he purse in the purse in the return-bout clause: one million and change, man. Right now, though, Joe just sits on his bed in training camp, reading his Bible or picking at his guitar and improvising a song about "living a normal life...
...recalls, "I didn't even have a coat. I had an old canvas parka and I kept warm by just travelin' fast. I didn't even have a clock. I didn't care what time it was. I got up when I felt like gettin' up and I ate when I felt like eatin'. In fact, I didn't own a radio; I didn't care much about what was goin' on in the outside world...
...gettin' by. We got 5,000 acres here, some rented, some owned. We got 300 heada Hereford, and some hogs. We raise a little barley. Dad an' me do most of the work, but we got two men who help us part time." One of the ranch hands materializes at his side like a movie extra and sharpens his knife on a pocket stone. It is 100° in the yard. "There's not much money in ranchin' around here," continues McCorry. "One trouble is the rain. In a year we don't get but ten, eleven inches...
...used to this shit. You'll prob'ly see two or three more shootin's before this parade's over. But I grew up with this, man. It's just part of my life. There's always been shit like that going on around me. Cats gettin' cut to ribbons with knives, razors, guns, fightin...
...Well, I don't think it's like that at all. Besides, you just got to accept these things. For me, gettin' shot is a chance I got to take every day, the way my neighborhood is. It's a chance you got to take...