Jake LaMotta quotes
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“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.”
-- Jake LaMottaSource : "Jake LaMotta - a life in pictures" by Daffydd Bynon, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2017.
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“In my whole career, I've never really gotten hurt. The only ones that really hurt me were my wives.”
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“I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing.”
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“I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes”
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“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!'”
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“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.”
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“You punch like you take it up the ass.”
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“I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes.”
-- Jake LaMottaSource : "The Sugar in the Sweet Science" by Ron Flatter, www.espn.com.
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“Besides Bob Satterfield, the only ones who ever hurt me were my ex-wives.”
-- Jake LaMottaSource : Los Angeles Times Interview, May 04, 1997.
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“There's no way I'm goin' down. I don't go down for nobody.”
-- Jake LaMottaSource : "Fictional character: Jake LaMotta". "Raging Bull", 1980.
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“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.”
-- Jake LaMottaSource : Source: www.boxinginsider.com
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“I fought Sugar Ray so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.”
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