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  • In my whole career, I've never really gotten hurt. The only ones that really hurt me were my wives.

    Hurt   Careers   Wife  
  • I was so good at boxing because I worked hard. I worked harder than anybody. When other boxers used to box in the gym, three or four rounds, I used to box 10-20 rounds.

    Boxing   Gym  
    Source: www.boxinginsider.com
  • I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes

    Boxing   Rays   Lucky  
  • You punch like you take it up the ass.

    "Raging Bull". www.imdb.com. 1980.
  • You can't go into the ring and be a nice guy. I would go a month, two months, without having sex. It worked for me because it made me a vicious animal. You can't fight if you have any compassion or anything like that.

    Sex   Nice   Fighting  
  • Besides Bob Satterfield, the only ones who ever hurt me were my ex-wives.

    Hurt   Wife   Bob  
    Los Angeles Times Interview, May 04, 1997.
  • There's no way I'm goin' down. I don't go down for nobody.

    Way  
    "Fictional character: Jake LaMotta". "Raging Bull", 1980.
  • The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

    Funny   Fighting   Boxing  
    "Jake LaMotta - a life in pictures" by Daffydd Bynon, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2017.
  • I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing.

    Home   Boxing   Relief  
  • I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes.

    Rays   Sugar   Diabetes  
    "The Sugar in the Sweet Science" by Ron Flatter, www.espn.com.
  • I fought Sugar Ray so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

    Boxing   Rays   Sugar  
  • On the way here this guy steps up to us and says, 'Would you like to join Jehovah's Witnesses?' and Rocky (Graziano) says 'I didn't see nuttin!'

    Boxing   Guy   Way  
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Jake LaMotta

  • Born: July 10, 1922
  • Occupation: Professional Boxer