Jack Dempsey famous quotes

06-13-2025

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Inspirational #Motivational #Positive
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.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Sports #Winning #Two
Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Men #Ems #Body
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.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Champion #Gongs #Ready
By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Life #Past #Worry
All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Funny #Thinking #Boxing
I can't sing and I can't dance, but I can lick any S.O.B. in the house.
-- Jack Dempsey

#House
Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Funny #Morning #Boxing
The best defense is a good offense.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Defense #Offense
For the first and only time, I was more worried about getting hurt by the crowd than by the guy I was fighting. I got a pretty good blast when introduced. The crowd was hollering and raising hell. I looked around for my bodyguard, a colorful New York character named Wild Bill Lyons, who packed two pearl-handled pistols and used to talk a lot about his days in the West. Wild Bill was under the ring, hiding.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Hurt #New York #Character
I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I know my prayers have been answered thousands of times, and I know that I never said a prayer in my life without something good coming of it.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Prayer #Bed #Meals
Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Justice #Ethics #Chance
I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Fighter #Made #Good Fight
A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Three #Fighter #Ends
Champions get up when they can't.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Champion
A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Idols #Champion #Pay
A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Tombstone #Men #Gentleman
Honey, I just forgot to duck.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Ducks #Boxing #Honey
When you're fighting, you're righting for one thing - money.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Fighting
Nailing him was like trying to thread a needle in a high wind.
-- Jack Dempsey

#Wind #Boxing #Trying

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