Jack Dempsey

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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 after — but when it rings.

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

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

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

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

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