Jake LaMotta Quotes

If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.

I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.

I had started also studying because I wanted to learn more about power and fighting.

I just had this feeling that, if I were to get into a fight, somehow I would have the ability to fight back, just based on playing 'Street Fighter' for so many years of my life. It's almost like I actually learned martial arts.

I've gotten into two fights since I've begun studying the martial arts, and each time, I was worried I'd kill the guy. One of my teachers always told me I had good power but bad control.

I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.

Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.

I could definitely take someone out with my bare hands.

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.

People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.

We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.

I did not feel that I was designed for hand-to-hand combat.

I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

Good arms are overrated.

I've always been told that if you spar with another man, you try and emulate what a real fight is going to be like. So you go hard. It's how I've always been.

I know I can fight. I know I have kicks that can destroy people. Just because I haven't gotten in the ring in my career, that doesn't mean I'm not capable of crushing people.

I'm not the biggest guy.

Martial arts in general were not made for a tournament, for points system. Martial arts were made to defend yourself in the street fight situation, not to score points.

I'm able to fight anywhere.

My father wanted me to learn self-defense, so I enrolled in the Academy and loved it from the start.

A hand fought best when it made a fist.

Say you can't put one foot in front of the other, you punch like a child, and you're not flexible at all. We'll show you some aikido, some ground jujitsu, some gun stuff, some knife moves. We can make a pretty good-size dent with that.

I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.

I believe, in my prime, I could have fought with anybody alive.