Jack Dempsey Quotes
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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Nobody has to go hungry today. There is plenty of work for a man who wants to work. A kid can make plenty of dough for himself doing almost anything. I was hungry. I had to fight my way along. Freights and the like, fight, fight all the time. The life was tough, but it hardened you.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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Honey, I just forgot to duck.
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By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
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I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
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When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn’t. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven’t eaten for two days you’ll understand.
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A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
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Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.
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A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.