49 Quotes by Joe Louis

The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.

I can show you how to box. I can teach you every technique and trick I know, but I can never make you a fighter. That comes from inside, and it's something no one else can ever give you.

A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.

A champion doesn’t become a champion in the ring, he’s merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.

We’re going to do our part and we’ll win because we’re on God’s side.

He can run, but he can’t hide.

If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain’t nobody.

Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain’t no man that ain’t made any.