Jake LaMotta

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

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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 had this temper.

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The three toughest fighters I fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

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Everybody has a temper, but mine was set on a hair trigger.

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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 time, I would have said, 'Nah, I don't want to fight him.' He's deadly. He could have been one of the great heavyweight champions. But he goofed.

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Fear is unnecessary.

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Quotes by Jake LaMotta