Jake LaMotta Quotes

• 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 LaMotta

  Funny, Fighting, Boxing

  "Jake LaMotta - a life in pictures" by Daffydd Bynon, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2017.

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• There's no way I'm goin' down. I don't go down for nobody.

  Jake LaMotta

  Way

  "Fictional character: Jake LaMotta". "Raging Bull", 1980.

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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.

  Jake LaMotta

  Sex, Nice, Fighting

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

  Jake LaMotta

  Hurt, Careers, Wife

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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 LaMotta

  Boxing, Gym

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes

  Jake LaMotta

  Boxing, Rays, Lucky

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• You punch like you take it up the ass.

  Jake LaMotta

  Raging Bull, Ass, Like You

  "Raging Bull". www.imdb.com. 1980.

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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!'

  Jake LaMotta

  Boxing, Guy, Way

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

  Jake LaMotta

  Hurt, Wife, Bob

  Los Angeles Times Interview, May 04, 1997.

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• I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing.

  Jake LaMotta

  Home, Boxing, Relief

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• I fought Sugar Ray so many times,
  I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

  Jake LaMotta

  Boxing, Rays, Sugar

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

  Jake LaMotta

  Rays, Sugar, Diabetes

  "The Sugar in the Sweet Science" by Ron Flatter, www.espn.com.

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