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I used to psyche myself out. Only, back then, we didn't know the word 'psyche.'

Everybody has a temper, but mine was set on a hair trigger.

Jake LaMotta

I used to psyche myself out. Only, back then, we didn't know the word 'psyche.'

Jake LaMotta

People get in auto accidents, they're paralyzed for life. I got hurt worse getting married.

Jake LaMotta

Boxing never hurt me at all.

Jake LaMotta

Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest, pound-for-pound, ever. He fought most of his career with just one loss, and that was to me. He had 131 fights with one loss.

Jake LaMotta

I've learned a lot about life besides how to take a punch. And I've taken quite a few in and out of the ring.

Jake LaMotta

There's a lot of people all over the world that talked about me.

Jake LaMotta

I'm no angel.

Jake LaMotta

When I was a kid, I wanted to fight Joe Louis. But I think if I had seen Mike Tyson at that time, I would have said, 'Nah, I don't want to fight him.' He's deadly. He could have been one of the great heavyweight champions. But he goofed.

Jake LaMotta

I never went to church. The priests couldn't scare me with all that crap about hell, but somehow I knew, inside of me somehow, I knew that I'd pay for it.

Jake LaMotta

You can't think about the past anymore.

Jake LaMotta

I was a no-good bastard.

Jake LaMotta

Counting amateur fights, I have over a thousand bouts.

Jake LaMotta

I don't know how to back up.

Jake LaMotta

I play solitaire and wait for something to happen.

Jake LaMotta

I fought from the time I was eight years old, sometimes three, four fights a night. We did it to eat, and we did it because we were just tough kids.

Jake LaMotta

I purposely lost a fight to Billy Fox because they promised me that I would get a shot to fight for the title if I did.

Jake LaMotta

I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.

Jake LaMotta

There's no pensions for old prize fighters.

Jake LaMotta

I forget stuff. Guess I took a few too many punches.

Jake LaMotta

My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only place I got hurt was out of the ring.

Jake LaMotta

I fought Sugar Ray six times. Pound for pound the greatest fighter who ever lived.

Jake LaMotta

Punches never bothered me that much.

Jake LaMotta

Most of the time, husbands and wives argue about stupid, foolish things. If it doesn't mean that much to you, give in to your wife.

Jake LaMotta

Lot of guys can take punches. The idea is not to take unnecessary punishment.

Jake LaMotta

You have to treat everybody the right way. Otherwise, you'll have a short life. God bless.

Jake LaMotta

I was tough at a very young age, where I was just fighting all the time.

Jake LaMotta

Big money causes me too much trouble with my ex-wives and the government. All I want is to keep busy and to be comfortable.

Jake LaMotta

God's been pretty good to me. He made me duck all those punches that were supposed to land.

Jake LaMotta

You know what's the greatest sin in the world? Hurting your fellow man.

Jake LaMotta

I waited all those years for a title shot, and when I finally got it, I had to pay $20,000 for the opportunity. My purse was only $18,000. So to make money, I had to bet $10,000 on myself at 8-5. That was how it was in those days.

Jake LaMotta

Most people aren't good or bad. They're naive.

Jake LaMotta

You can't fight if you have any compassion or anything like that.

Jake LaMotta

The world knows me as the Raging Bull.

Jake LaMotta