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Jake LaMotta

(1922–2017) Boxer

79 quotes in 262 categories

Jake LaMotta was a boxer, best known for Raging Bull II.

Quick Facts About Jake LaMotta

Born: July 10, 1922
Died: September 19, 2017
Profession: Boxer
Notable works: Raging Bull II

About Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta was an American professional boxer who was world middleweight champion between 1949 and 1951. Nicknamed "the Bronx Bull" or "Raging Bull" for his technique of constant stalking, brawling and inside fighting, he developed a reputation for being a "bully"; he was what is often referred to today as a swarmer and a slugger.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jake LaMotta

Even when I was hurt, I was always the aggressor, no matter what.

Aggressor

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I'm the Godfather of Boxing. Everything is out in the open with me. What you see is what you get.

Boxing

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I had such a crazy life. How I got away with it, I don't know.

Away

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I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it's a wonder I don't have diabetes.

Diabetes

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Boxing never hurt me at all.

Boxing

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You punch like you take it up the ass.

Ass

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Whenever I did have a lot of money, I got in trouble.

Got

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

Bob

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

Diabetes

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God's been pretty good to me. He made me duck all those punches that were supposed to land.

Duck

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I ask for personal appearance fees because I've earned them. I deserve them. My presence at events is what they need, so…

Appearance

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I was able to convince my body that I could take it and nobody could hurt me. I might've gotten cut, stitches…

Body

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I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.

Born

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You don't compare a guy with 30 or 40 fights with a guy who had 200 fights and fought over 25 years.

Compare

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People get in auto accidents, they're paralyzed for life. I got hurt worse getting married.

Accidents

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Besides being a slum kid with no great education in anything except how to fight and stay alive and steal, I also…

Alive

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You have to treat everybody the right way. Otherwise, you'll have a short life. God bless.

God

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I wanted to get punished, and I took unnecessary punishment when I was fighting.

Crime

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If I got a beating for something, I usually deserved it.

Beating

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Fear is unnecessary.

Fear

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There was only one thing I wanted out of life. That was to be the champ.

Life

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When I was a kid, I wanted to fight Joe Louis. But I think if I had seen Mike Tyson at that…

Fight

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There's no pensions for old prize fighters.

Fighters

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All my life I made a living out of hurting people. Now, I make a living out of making people laugh.

Hurting

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My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only…

Broken

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