I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.
Rocky GrazianoI was the best street fighter in history when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. Hell, I never lost a street fight. Never. I thought I could lick Jack Dempsey or Joe Louis or anybody. I was fantastic.
Rocky GrazianoI don't know, I'm not from this neighborhood."-to Jake LaMotta after a night of drinking when LaMotta asked "is that the sun or the moon?
Rocky Graziano