Joe Louis Quotes

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• He can run, but he can't hide.
• The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love
• Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
• Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
• We're going to do our part and we'll win because we're on God's side.
• I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.
• Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.
• Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.
• 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…
• Every fighter have a plan until he's been beaten
• It hurt to even bump into him.
• Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?
• Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling.
• The whole damned country was depending on me.
• Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.
• 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.…
• 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.…
• I don't even like money. It just quiets my nerves.
• The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.
• Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.

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