A Fighter's Heart One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting

And a guy that I think was on your podcast a long time ago, Sam Sheridan. Yeah. Yeah. In the fighter's heart there's a great chapter where he talks about, I think it's dog fighting in the Philippines. And he talks about how brutal that sport is, which indeed it is. But he talks about the love between the owner and the dog can predict and of course the dog and the owner, it's reciprocal, one presumes, that the strength of that relationship predicts how hard the dog will fight for the owner. And he uses this as kind of a parallel construction for why, and you tell me if this is true or not, that many of the fatalities in boxing were the consequence of sure 15 rounds as opposed to 12 round fights but also when the corner man or the coach was the parent.

And he uses this as kind of a parallel construction for why, and you tell me if this is true or not, that many of the fatalities in boxing were the consequence of sure 15 rounds as opposed to 12 round fights but also when the corner man or the coach was the parent.

I actually think that's a really terrific book because I think it speaks to a lot of really interesting aspects of bonding between humans, bonding in that case between animals and humans.

Of course dog fighting like, I don't know if there are many things that people look down upon as much as they look down upon dog fighting but he speaks to the relationship between the dog and the owner as a loving one which was super surprising to me.

Anyway, that's a bit of a tangent but I don't know, maybe it's possible to find that chart. I don't want to send you on a ridiculous expedition but if you just say sort of genes...

I think it was Sam Sheridan who wrote A Fighter's Heart, an excellent book.

And for anyone male or female, any age who's interested in the human spirit, I recommend A Fighter's Heart because it's about the different fight sports, but it's really about the path of self-discovery.

There's a book called A Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan. And it's a pretty interesting account of all the different forms of martial arts and fighting.

Many, many, many, many years ago I read a book called A Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan and then he wrote another book called A Fighter's Mind. Both are very good.

I believe I carry one of them here at the Painted porch. I think one of the best books I've ever read about the mindset of what it takes to be a champion, not just in sports but in like a brutal combat sport.