Classic quotes from fighters

I love that one!

 

jake lamotta and rocky graziano are leaving a bar or luncheon or something like that and they were bombed. jake says to rocky.."hey rock is that the sun or the moon?" and the rock answers " i dont know jake im not from around here: totally lmfao at this.

 

"I want to sing like the Count John McCormack and fight like Jack Dempsey"

Accomplished tenor and heayweight contendor Jack Doyle commenting on his career ambitions.

"A generous man never went to hell"

Doyle's response to those who warned him that he was at risk of squandering his fortune.

"I've no regrets, it's a great life, a game of patience [solitaire], a few pints and a bet on the greyhounds, it used to be thousands of pounds but now it's just a few shillings"

A non bitter Jack Doyle, circa late 1960s commentating on the hours he now spends playing cards by himself in his flat until the afternoon when he goes to the pub and drinks and gambles away his meagre resources.

 

ken norton after getting battered by foreman said "i kept backing up and tripped over the ropes"

 

Jack Doyle had a beautiful Irish Tenor voice. He sang "The Rose of Tralee "
just before he was kod by Buddy Baer. Saw it on youtube awhile back...

 

my dad had an argument with another bloke while they were working in a field, over jack doyle.my dad ended the argument my hitting his 'mate' with a spade.

 

Ken Norton after his fight with George Foreman.

When were you scared Ken;

'When George took off his robe'

 

:good

 

"Tell him Christmas man is coming" Vitali Klitschko sending message to Danny Williams,through a reporter,before their fight.

 

that's such a coincidence! i was just about to tell a story about how my dad got into an argument over jack doyle with some guy years ago and he hauled off and hit him with a ****ing shovel....hey, wait a minute...:think

 

Alan Rudkin after the Olivares fight when the lights went out in his dressing room. "That's the second time that's happened to me tonight"