Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.

I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville.

I don't like the country. The crickets make me nervous.

Tell Papa I admire him but from now on I plan to admire him from as far away as I can get.

Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on.

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley.

You know what's wrong with our waterfront? It's the love of a lousy buck. It's making the love of a buck, the cushy job, more important than the love of man. It's forgetting that every fellow down here's your brother in Christ.