"Merciless" Ray Mercer
Name: "Merciless" Ray Mercer
Favorite Book: "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper "I'm a little bit embarrassed to tell what my favorite book is. Ya know, I'm sorta ashamed. It sounds, well, kinda silly. Okay, I'll tell you anyway. My favorite book is "The Little Engine That Could". (Mercer's wife laughs in the background.) That's what it is. Through out the years, every time I was training for a fight, I thought of that little book. Even my Olympic coach, Kenny Adams, used that book as a source of inspiration for us when I was on the Olympic team. So, that's my book. When ever I'm confronted with a challenge, I still think of that little train. The message is simple and powerful--something like a knockout punch." |