American - Athlete | July 10, 1922 - September 19, 2017
I'm the Godfather of Boxing. Everything is out in the open with me. What you see is what you get.
Jake LaMotta
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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.
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There was only one thing I wanted out of life. That was to be the champ.
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There's no pensions for old prize fighters.
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I made a million, and I lost a million.
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I've learned a lot about life besides how to take a punch. And I've taken quite a few in and out of the ring.
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Ask most guys what their ambition is, and they'll say they want to get rich. But when they get rich, they discover it's not what they wanted at all. I don't want to be rich.
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Big money causes me too much trouble with my ex-wives and the government. All I want is to keep busy and to be comfortable.
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Whenever I did have a lot of money, I got in trouble.
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I fought in Detroit 23 times.
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Counting amateur fights, I have over a thousand bouts.
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I fought from the time I was eight years old, sometimes three, four fights a night. We did it to eat, and we did it because we were just tough kids.
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