11 Quotes by Rocky Graziano

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    It took me nine years to get through the fourth grade. When I got into television commercials, I had to take a crash course in reading. I was 32 years old, and I couldn't read the cue cards.

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    I was the best street fighter in history when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. Hell, I never lost a street fight. Never. I thought I could lick Jack Dempsey or Joe Louis or anybody. I was fantastic.

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    I never stole nuttin' unless it began with an 'A' - A truck, a car, a payroll...!

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    I don't know, I'm not from this neighborhood."-to Jake LaMotta after a night of drinking when LaMotta asked "is that the sun or the moon?

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    I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.

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