A biography for Jake LaMottahasn’t been written yet.
“I play solitaire and wait for something to happen.”
“I don't know how to back up.”
“Even when I was hurt, I was always the aggressor, no matter what.”
“The world knows me as the Raging Bull.”
“Punches never bothered me that much.”
“All my life I made a living out of hurting people. Now, I make a living out of making people laugh.”
“I made a million, and I lost a million.”
“Counting amateur fights, I have over a thousand bouts.”
“I had such a crazy life. How I got away with it, I don't know.”
“You have to treat everybody the right way. Otherwise, you'll have a short life. God bless.”
“I was tough at a very young age, where I was just fighting all the time.”
“I was able to convince my body that I could take it and nobody could hurt me. I might've gotten cut, stitches over my eyes. Broken nose. Broken hands. But I never really got hurt.”
“I fought Sugar Ray six times. Pound for pound the greatest fighter who ever lived.”
“There's a lot of people all over the world that talked about me.”
“I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.”
“I used to psyche myself out. Only, back then, we didn't know the word 'psyche.'”
“All my life, I wanted to be champion.”
“My greatest defense was my offense. Very few guys did that.”
“Most people aren't good or bad. They're naive.”
“Lot of guys can take punches. The idea is not to take unnecessary punishment.”