Joe Louis Quotes

• A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.

  Joe Louis

  Champion, Routine, Becoming

  162 Copy quote

• 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 something no one else can ever give you.

  Joe Louis

  Giving, Technique, Fighter

  139 Copy quote

• 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 has to work at it.

  Joe Louis

  Practice, Dancer, Boxers

  Joe Louis, Edna Rust, Art Rust (1978). “Joe Louis: My Life”, Harcourt

  168 Copy quote

• You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

  Joe Louis

  Wind, Sticks, Tough

  103 Copy quote

• You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

  Joe Louis

  People, Different, Needs

  83 Copy quote

• If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain't nobody.

  Joe Louis

  Ifs, Who You Are

  78 Copy quote

• Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

  Joe Louis

  Funny, Boxing, Heaven

  1965 In Sports Illustrated,'Scorecard',19 Jul.

  87 Copy quote

• 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 good name is better than money.

  Joe Louis

  Pride, Names, Boxing

  Joe Louis, Edna Rust, Art Rust (1978). “Joe Louis: My Life”, Harcourt

  80 Copy quote

• Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.

  Joe Louis

  Mistake, Men, Made

  86 Copy quote

• Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.

  Joe Louis

  America

  88 Copy quote

• He can run, but he can't hide.

  Joe Louis

  Motivational, Sports, Running

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 20 June 1946.

  72 Copy quote

• We're going to do our part and we'll win because we're on God's side.

  Joe Louis

  Winning, Boxing, Sides

  60 Copy quote

• The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.

  Joe Louis

  Champion, Heavyweights, Progress

  Joe Louis, Edna Rust, Art Rust (1978). “Joe Louis: My Life”, Harcourt

  79 Copy quote

• Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves.

  Joe Louis

  Riches, Doe, Nerves

  52 Copy quote

• It hurt to even bump into him.

  Joe Louis

  Hurt, Boxing, Bumps

  77 Copy quote

• Every fighter have a plan until he's been beaten

  Joe Louis

  Boxing, Fighter, Plans

  32 Copy quote

• Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling.

  Joe Louis

  Funny, Boxing, Might

  33 Copy quote

• Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

  Joe Louis

  Motivational, Sports, Boxing

  41 Copy quote

• Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.

  Joe Louis

  Men, Boxing, Beats

  42 Copy quote

• The whole damned country was depending on me.

  Joe Louis

  Country, Whole

  Joe Louis, Edna Rust, Art Rust (1978). “Joe Louis: My Life”, Harcourt

  40 Copy quote

• The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love

  Joe Louis

  Love, Funny, Witty

  40 Copy quote

• I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.

  Joe Louis

  Boxing, Titles, Fighter

  34 Copy quote

• I don't like money very much, but it calms my nerves.

  Joe Louis

  Nerves, Calm

  23 Copy quote

• Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.

  Joe Louis

  Boxing, Thrill, Let Me

  Joe Louis, Edna Rust, Art Rust (1978). “Joe Louis: My Life”, Harcourt

  27 Copy quote

• Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?

  Joe Louis

  Boxing, Should, Aria

  29 Copy quote

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