1.
There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.
Joe Louis
No one is a born master; even the most talented must toil diligently to hone their craft.
2.
A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.
Joe Louis
'A victor is not born in the arena, they are simply acknowledged there. Their true accomplishment transpires through their daily practice.'
3.
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.
Joe Louis
I can demonstrate the fundamentals of boxing. I can pass on every skill and stratagem I have acquired, but I cannot make you a warrior. That is something that only you possess within, and nothing else can ever provide it to you.
4.
You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.
Joe Louis
5.
Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.
Joe Louis
6.
Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.
Joe Louis
7.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Joe Louis
8.
You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.
Joe Louis
9.
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.
Joe Louis
10.
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.
Joe Louis
11.
It hurt to even bump into him.
Joe Louis
12.
If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain't nobody.
Joe Louis
13.
He can run, but he can't hide.
Joe Louis
14.
We're going to do our part and we'll win because we're on God's side.
Joe Louis
15.
Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves.
Joe Louis
16.
Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.
Joe Louis
17.
The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love
Joe Louis
18.
The whole damned country was depending on me.
Joe Louis
19.
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
Joe Louis
20.
I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.
Joe Louis
21.
Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling.
Joe Louis
22.
Every fighter have a plan until he's been beaten
Joe Louis
23.
Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?
Joe Louis
24.
Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.
Joe Louis
25.
I don't like money very much, but it calms my nerves.
Joe Louis
26.
When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.
Joe Louis
27.
I don't even like money. It just quiets my nerves.
Joe Louis
