Jake LaMotta Quotes
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I've learned a lot about life besides how to take a punch. And I've taken quite a few in and out of the ring.
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Something's bound to happen to you in a tough fight: cut eye, broken nose or broken hand or something like that. So you could make excuses out of anything, you know, but you got to keep on going if you're a champ or you're a contender.
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The three toughest fighters I fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson.
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I fought from the time I was eight years old, sometimes three, four fights a night. We did it to eat, and we did it because we were just tough kids.
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You don't compare a guy with 30 or 40 fights with a guy who had 200 fights and fought over 25 years.
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Subconsciously - I didn't know it then, I realize it today when I know a little bit more about the mind and the brain - I fought like I didn't deserve to live.
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My greatest defense was my offense. Very few guys did that.
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You can't think about the past anymore.
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Most of the time, husbands and wives argue about stupid, foolish things. If it doesn't mean that much to you, give in to your wife.
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Whenever I did have a lot of money, I got in trouble.
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You can't fight if you have any compassion or anything like that.
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I purposely lost a fight to Billy Fox because they promised me that I would get a shot to fight for the title if I did.
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I fought Sugar Ray six times. Pound for pound the greatest fighter who ever lived.
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I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it's a wonder I don't have diabetes.
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People get in auto accidents, they're paralyzed for life. I got hurt worse getting married.
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I lost a lot of money, lost my wife and kids.
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Cooking's my hobby.
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Everybody has a temper, but mine was set on a hair trigger.
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You know what's the greatest sin in the world? Hurting your fellow man.
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Counting amateur fights, I have over a thousand bouts.
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I waited all those years for a title shot, and when I finally got it, I had to pay $20,000 for the opportunity. My purse was only $18,000. So to make money, I had to bet $10,000 on myself at 8-5. That was how it was in those days.
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I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.