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32 Inspirational Joe Louis Quotes on Boxing (SUCCESS)

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“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.”

Joe Louis
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.
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.
Everyone has a plan until they've been hit.
Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit.
A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His 'becoming' happens during his daily routine.
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's always someone smarter than you, better than you, faster than you. You just have to work.
There’s always someone smarter than you, better than you, faster than you. You just have to work.
You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.
You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.
Every man’s got to figure to get beat sometime.
Every man’s got to figure to get beat sometime.
Once that bell rings you’re on your own. It’s just you and the other guy.
Once that bell rings you’re on your own. It’s just you and the other guy.
If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain't nobody.
If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain’t nobody.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

7 Inspirational Joe Louis Quotes About Success

“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.”

Joe Louis
I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.
I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.
You need to have a lot of stamina, a lot of patience, and the will to just keep on doing it.
You need to have a lot of stamina, a lot of patience, and the will to just keep on doing it.
If you cheat on your road work in the dark of the morning, you will be found out in the big fight under the bright lights.
If you cheat on your road work in the dark of the morning, you will be found out in the big fight under the bright lights.
If you dream and you allow yourself to dream, you can do anything.
If you dream and you allow yourself to dream, you can do anything.
I'm just an ordinary guy who worked hard to develop a style.
I’m just an ordinary guy who worked hard to develop a style.
You can do anything if you set your mind to it.
You can do anything if you set your mind to it.

7 Joe Louis Quotes About Boxing & Fighting

I don't fight for the money. I fight for my country.
I don’t fight for the money. I fight for my country.
I hope to bring happiness and pride to my country.
I hope to bring happiness and pride to my country.
I'm fighting for the little man.
I’m fighting for the little man.
Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling.
Yeah, I’m scared. I’m scared I might kill Schmeling.
Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.
Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.
We're going to do our part and we'll win because we're on God's side.
We’re going to do our part and we’ll win because we’re on God’s side.
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.

8 Deep Joe Louis Quotes About Life

Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.
Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain’t no man that ain’t made any.
You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.
You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.
I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.
I don’t like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.
Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.
Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain’t going to fix them.
I did the best I could with what I had.
I did the best I could with what I had.
You can run, but you can't hide.
You can run, but you can’t hide.
I'm just a man doing my job.
I’m just a man doing my job.
When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.
When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.

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