Joe Louis Quotes

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.

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.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

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

Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

It hurt to even bump into him.

I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.

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

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

He can run, but he can't hide.

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

Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves.

Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.

The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love

The whole damned country was depending on me.

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.

Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling.

Every fighter have a plan until he's been beaten

Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?

Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.

I don't like money very much, but it calms my nerves.

When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.

I don't even like money. It just quiets my nerves.

My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there were all types. That was my inspiration.

I like to say that I had a really good musical education because it was inclusive of all styles of music and I like it like that.

When you are sitting in a room and somebody does something or says something and a thought comes, an idea or a melody - you have to just grab it while it's there because it will go away.

Some of the best advice I was given was that me doing a bad version of me is better than me doing a good version of someone else.

I'm just a restless soul musically.

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.

I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes.

Just immerse yourself in the culture of the music - it will open some doors for you.

Don't try to be someone else. Be yourself.

I don't like money actually but it quiets my nerves.

Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime.