Jack Dempsey

Quotes by Jack Dempsey

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Boxer · American · 1895–1983

American boxer (1895–1983)

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Popular Quotes

“Honey, I just forgot to duck.”

“The best defense is a good offense.”

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

“A champion is someone ho gets up, een when he can't”

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

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

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“The best defense is a good offense.”
— Jack Dempsey
best-defense defense offense strategy

“By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.”
— Jack Dempsey
Myself Past Worry

“Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.”
— Jack Dempsey
Want Back Him

“Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.”
— Jack Dempsey
Living Nobody Everybody

“I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I know my prayers have been answered thousands of times and I know that I never said a prayer in my life w...”
— Jack Dempsey
spirituality

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.”
— Jack Dempsey
Champion Up Someone

“A champion is someone ho gets up, een when he can't”
— Jack Dempsey
inspirational-quotes

“Honey, I just forgot to duck.”
— Jack Dempsey

“Nobody has to go hungry today. There is plenty of work for a man who wants to work. A kid can make plenty of dough for himself doing almost anything. I was hungry. I had to fight my way along. Frei...”
— Jack Dempsey

“When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn’t. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fig...”
— Jack Dempsey