A biography for Jake LaMottahasn’t been written yet.
“Cooking's my hobby.”
“You know what's the greatest sin in the world? Hurting your fellow man.”
“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.”
“When you're No. 1 contender for five years, and you know who's controlling things, you'll do something you're not proud of.”
“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.”
“You can't think about the past anymore.”
“I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it's a wonder I don't have diabetes.”
“I forget stuff. Guess I took a few too many punches.”