January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

health to the devil and nothing good can come of it. How many Alzados and
Superstar Grahams does there have to be before they wake up?If people
wonder why all of this talk about something as silly as professional wrestling,
remember part of the charter of TJQF is to make contact sports safer, not just
boxing and folks pro wrestlers, like it or not, are athletes.I must not
forget, Superstar Graham also borrowed aspects of his wrestling character from
Goregous George, the original blond haired heal. Muhammed Ali also got his idea
of bragging and calling rounds from George, the wrestler. |
|3/24/04 03:26:33 PM|Roadscholarette|Windy City||RS||||10|Kent -Probably
everyone's heard of the famous survey of top athletes re drugs. A group of
college and pro athletes (many of whom were no doubt already on drugs) were
asked if they'd take X drug that would guarantee success, championships, titles,
etc. in their given sport, but the price would be death in ten years. 84% said
yes. Of course, in one's bulletproof youth, no one thinks anything'll happen to
~them~. Or it's like the dopey drug ed in school where kids are led to believe
that if they even smoke grass, they'll become heroin addicts, if they don't drop
dead on the spot. When this doesn't happen, and they actually feel good, they
unconsciously assume nothing ever ~will~ happen, regardless of what they
do.Lots of steroid users rationalize that if a doctor is "monitoring"
(translation: team and/or unsrupulous doctors prescribing) them, or if they
cycle the drugs, things will be fine. Dosages, of course, continue to increase -
"more is better," right? They see people who ~don't~ end up like Alzado and
Graham (countless others too), and identify with ~them~, plus as I said, the
feeling of power is incredible. One time power lifting champ Larry Pacifico, who
suffered a heart attack from steroid use, stated he'd probably go back on them,
he liked the feeling so much.Drug damage is often going on undercover
too, and/or will emerge later. I remember Ali and Frazier, when they were in
their twenties, poo-poohing the dangers of brain damage in boxing - same sort of
thing.I personally would rather be a non-star than to pay the price
drugs can exact. Guys say, "Why me?" Why ~not~ them? In a sports mad world,
athletes need to use a little sense when it comes to "doing whatever it takes."
But of course, denial is a powerful driver.|
|3/24/04 06:31:50 PM|JIMMY DORSEY|VENTURA
CALIFORNIA||RONNYRAINS@YAHOO.COM||||10|I wanted to let all boxing fan's know
about a very fine fighter,and a great human being in the person of Rufus
Brassell who passed away this February 6, 2004 of Lou Gerhigs Disase at the age
of 60. I had the privelage of talking to his son.a very upbeat and positive
person.|
|3/25/04 12:19:51 AM|Gerry Schultz|Cleveland, Ohio||jgschultz11@aol.com||||10|A
lot of good points regarding Rocky Marciano, who was often the smaller but
stronger man in his matches. Rock had little reach, poor defensive skills, but
could not be knocked out, was always in shape, was just as good late in a fight
as in Round One, and of course had rare power. In an era of sub-200 pounders he
was unbeatable, but he was much better than that also. Seeing the Frazier/Ali
trilogy, I'd love to see Rock and Ali. JQ had limited reach also, but
undoubtedly would have the chance to take rounds from Rock. Still, Rock was
rare puncher and a dominant champion... a lot on steriods lately, which I guess
will always be there as long as people want to win. I remember Billy Graham,
your basic steriod psychotic who paid a high price for his fame. I personally
can't imagine taking that step, I'm amazed so many do.|
|3/27/04 03:38:15 AM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|I have just read that Andre'
Rousimoff, at autopsy, was 6' 9" 1/2. It's not right to call himAndre' the
Midget ! He was the same height as Bill Russell, taller than Coolidge. It took a
long time to me to discover the truth, I think I' m gonna cry ! I guess I' ll
call him Andre' the Tall.God bless his soul, anyway ! Have a good weekend
and make treasure of this information !!!!!!!!!!!!|
|3/27/04 03:24:27 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Massimo,