Joe Louis: My Life
A source page for quotes linked to Joe Louis.
“You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.”
“Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.”
“We're going to do our part and we'll win because we're on God's side.”
“I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.”
“Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.”
“Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?”
“The whole damned country was depending on me.”
“Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.”
“The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.”
“Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.”
“When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.”
“You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.”