Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit. — Joe Louis

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

I don’t like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves. — Joe Louis

Once that bell rings you’re on your own. It’s just you and the other guy. — Joe Louis

If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain’t nobody. — Joe Louis

If you cheat on your road work in the dark of the morning, you will be found out in the big fight under the bright lights. — Joe Louis

Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain’t going to fix them. — Joe Louis

Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good. — Joe Louis

When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million. — Joe Louis

Shut up!’ Joe’s tone was ugly. ‘If you ain’t willing to try, you can go to hell. — Louis L

We’re going to do our part and we’ll win because we’re on God’s side. — Joe Louis

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

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

Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain’t no man that ain’t made any. — Joe Louis

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing. — Joe Louis

The whole damned country was depending on me. — Joe Louis

Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him? — Joe Louis

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better. — Joe Louis

Money can’t buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves. — Joe Louis

It hurt to even bump into him. — Joe Louis

I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title. — Joe Louis

Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die. — Joe Louis

The one–time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world. — Joe Louis

He can run, but he can’t hide. — Joe Louis

Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain’t going to fix them.’ On his 1942 enlistment in what a critic called ‘a white man’s army, — Joe Louis

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

Yeah, I’m scared. I’m scared I might kill Schmeling. — Joe Louis

Every man’s got to figure to get beat sometime. — Joe Louis