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Portrait of Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

Writer

23 quotes in 113 categories

Jack Dempsey is a writer, best known for When Slavery and Rebellion Are Destroyed.

Quick Facts About Jack Dempsey

Profession: Writer
Notable works: When Slavery and Rebellion Are Destroyed

About Jack Dempsey

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey, nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and was world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. He is ranked sixth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jack Dempsey

Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

Morning

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Champions get up when they can't.

Champion

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Honey, I just forgot to duck.

Boxing

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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.

Been

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For the first and only time, I was more worried about getting hurt by the crowd than by the guy I was…

Bills

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Don't worry honey, I'm too mean to die.

Dies

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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

Chance

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I can't sing and I can't dance, but I can lick any S.O.B. in the house.

Dance

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Nailing him was like trying to thread a needle in a high wind.

Boxing

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When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to…

Boxing

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Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

Body

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A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.

Gentle

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A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

Fighter

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The best defense is a good offense.

Defense

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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just…

Champion

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By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

Forget

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I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

Fighter

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When you're fighting, you're righting for one thing - money.

Fighting

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

Champion

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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

Boxing

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“A champion is someone ho gets up, een when he can't”

Inspirational quotes

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

Champion

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I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I…

Bed

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