Jack Dempsey Quotes

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

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

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#3. A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.

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#4. The best defense is a good offense.

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

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

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

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

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

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#10. I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I know my prayers have been answered thousands of times, and I know that I never said a prayer in my life without something good coming of it.

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

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

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

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

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#15. A champion is someone ho gets up,
een when he can't

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#16. Honey, I just forgot to duck.

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#17. You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.

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

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

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#20. Champions get up when they can't.

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