Quotes from Jack Dempsey


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    I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

    Good | Great | Fighter


    Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

    Men | Body | Height


    A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

    Champion | Gets


    By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

    Moving On | Past | Worry


    A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

    Help | Champion | Pay


    You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.

    Champion | Ready | Rings


    Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

    Chance | Nobody | Owes


    A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

    Good | Fighter | Within


    All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

    Time | Thinking | Boxing


    Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.

    Thanks | Honey | Number


    Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

    Morning | Title


       

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