75 Quotes by Jake LaMotta

Subconsciously - I didn't know it then, I realize it today when I know a little bit more about the mind and the brain - I fought like I didn't deserve to live.

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.

You have to treat everybody the right way. Otherwise, you'll have a short life. God bless.

You don't compare a guy with 30 or 40 fights with a guy who had 200 fights and fought over 25 years.

I been in jail twice. The first time was reform school: they got me for carrying burglar's tools, something like that. The morals charge was a frame-up.

I ask for personal appearance fees because I've earned them. I deserve them. My presence at events is what they need, so they ought to pay for it.

When you break bones, they heal up and come back even stronger.

Most of the time, husbands and wives argue about stupid, foolish things. If it doesn't mean that much to you, give in to your wife.

Lot of guys can take punches. The idea is not to take unnecessary punishment.