Occupation: Professional Boxer Birth: May 13, 1914 Death: April 12, 1981
We're going to do our part and we'll win because we're on God's side..
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 goo….
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 ha….
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world..
Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any..
You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better..
You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing..
Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them..
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die..
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 som….
Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime..
Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?.
Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling..
It hurt to even bump into him..
Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves..
I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title..
The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.
I don't like money very much, but it calms my nerves..
If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain't nobody..
He can run, but he can't hide..
Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good..