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> [It took me nine years to get through the fourth grade. When I got into television commercials, I had to take a crash course in reading. I was 32 years old, and I couldn't read the cue cards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/it-took-me-nine-years-to-get-through-the-fourth-grade-when-i-got-into/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

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## More by Rocky Graziano

> [“Hey, Ma, your bad boy done it!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/hey-ma-your-bad-boy-done-it/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [The fight for survival is the fight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/the-fight-for-survival-is-the-fight/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [It took me nine years to get through the fourth grade. When I got into television commercials, I had to take a crash course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/it-took-me-nine-years-to-get-through-the-fourth-grade-when-i-got-into/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [I was the best street fighter in history when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. Hell, I never lost a street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/i-was-the-best-street-fighter-in-history-when-i-was-growing-up-on-the/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [I give in to nothing or nobody. Cut me, break my bones, it was all the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/i-give-in-to-nothing-or-nobody-cut-me-break-my-bones-it-was-all-the/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [Everybody who is young is promising. The world should sue the young for breach of promise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/everybody-who-is-young-is-promising-the-world-should-sue-the-young/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [Hey ma, your bad boy did good!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/hey-ma-your-bad-boy-did-good/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [I never stole nuttin' unless it began with an 'A' - A truck, a car, a payroll...!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/i-never-stole-nuttin-unless-it-began-with-an-a-a-truck-a-car-a-payroll/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [I don't know, I'm not from this neighborhood."-to Jake LaMotta after a night of drinking when LaMotta asked "is that the sun or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/i-don-t-know-i-m-not-from-this-neighborhood-to-jake-lamotta-after-a/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

> [I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-graziano/i-quit-school-in-the-sixth-grade-because-of-pneumonia-not-because-i/)

[Rocky Graziano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-graziano/)

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