A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.

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

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

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.

The whole damned country was depending on me.

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

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