Jack Dempsey Quotes

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

The best defense is a good offense.

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.

Champions get up when they can't.

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.

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

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

A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.

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

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

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

Honey, I just forgot to duck.

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

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

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

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

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