Joe Louis
I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.Collection: Money
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.
You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.
Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime.
When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.
A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.Collection: Champion
I can show you how to box. I can teach you every technique and trick I know, but I can never make you a fighter. That comes from inside, and it's something no one else can ever give you.Collection: Giving
There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.Collection: Practice
You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.Collection: Wind
If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain't nobody.Collection: Ifs
I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.Collection: Pride
Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.Collection: Mistake
Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.Collection: America
He can run, but he can't hide.Collection: Motivational
We're going to do our part and we'll win because we're on God's side.Collection: Winning
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.Collection: Champion
Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves.Collection: Riches
It hurt to even bump into him.Collection: Hurt
Every fighter have a plan until he's been beatenCollection: Boxing
Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling.Collection: Funny
Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.Collection: Men
The whole damned country was depending on me.Collection: Country
The way taxes are, you might as well marry for loveCollection: Love
I don't like money very much, but it calms my nerves.Collection: Nerves
Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?Collection: Boxing
Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.Collection: Boxing
I don't even like money. It just quiets my nerves.Collection: Money