Rocky Graziano
I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.
I was the best street fighter in history when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. Hell, I never lost a street fight. Never. I thought I could lick Jack Dempsey or Joe Louis or anybody. I was fantastic.
It took me nine years to get through the fourth grade. When I got into television commercials, I had to take a crash course in reading. I was 32 years old, and I couldn't read the cue cards.
I give in to nothing or nobody. Cut me, break my bones, it was all the same.Collection: Cutting
I never stole nuttin' unless it began with an 'A' - A truck, a car, a payroll...!Collection: Car
The fight for survival is the fightCollection: Fighting
I don't know, I'm not from this neighborhood."-to Jake LaMotta after a night of drinking when LaMotta asked "is that the sun or the moon?Collection: Drinking
Everybody who is young is promising. The world should sue the young for breach of promise.Collection: Promise
Hey ma, your bad boy did good!Collection: Boys