Quotes from Joe Louis
“Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.”
“Every man’s got to figure to get beat sometime.”
“I don’t like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.”
“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.”
” Once that bell rings you’re on your own. It’s just you and the other guy…”
“I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.”
“Every man’s got to figure to get beat sometime.”
“Yeah, I’m scared. I’m scared I might kill Schmeling.”
“I hope they’re still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.”
Quotes about Joe Louis
“There’s never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You’d take one shot from him and you were sure he’d have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.”
— George Foreman
“He hit me 18 times while I was in the act of falling.”
— Max Baer
“(I define fear as) standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.”
— Max Baer
“He was a credit to his race – the human race…”
— Jimmy Cannon, sportswriter
“Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. Rocky Marciano is second only to Louis. Where do I rate Ali? Somewhere below me. I beat him, and if I could beat him, no doubt Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano could have beaten him.”
— Joe Frazier
“I just give lip service to being the greatest. He was the greatest.”
— Muhammad Ali
“When you’re a great finisher, you’ll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher.”
— Mike Tyson
“Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.”
— Tommy Farr
“Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way.”
— Angelo Dundee