Jack Dempsey Quotes

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

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

The best defense is a good offense.

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

Honey, I just forgot to duck.

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

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

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

A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.

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

Champions get up when they can't.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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