The Berlin Boxing Club
Robert Sharenow
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The weakest punches are thrown with the tongue.”
“There's adventure in the air. . . and cake to be eaten.”
“Today you had a very important lesson on taking punches. A lot of people will tell you that the first thing you have to learn is how to take a punch. But I believe the first thing you should know is that you can take one and survive. A punch won't kill you. Conquering your fear is the first step to becoming a powerful fighter.”
“The Nazis had broken our windows and torn apart our furniture, but they had not destroyed our selves.”
“You don't need to explain anything to me, Karl. I trust that you were a gentleman." And then he added, "Or at least I trust that you were a gentleman to as high a degree as she wanted you to be. I was a boy once too. No matter who is in power, I never want you thinking it's wrong to desire a girl's attention. That is life's greatest sweetness. I would never want to deny you that joy.”
“The world is going crazy, Karl. And hen the world is crazy, a sane man is never okay.”
“Picasso has magical eyes. He sees the world so differently than we do, but he is able to make us understand what he sees. That’s what a truly great artist does”
“Organized ghting doesn’t make sense to me,” she said. “Why would you want to let yourself get hurt if you didn’t have to? And why would you want to hurt an innocent person who you’re not even mad at, who you don’t even know?”
“One of your father's modern ideas about parenting is to leave you alone and let you become the man you want to be, not the man he wants you to be.”
“In boxing there are rules. You wear padded gloves. It’s always a one-on-one fight. You can’t hit below the belt or use a weapon. I may get beat, but at least I’ll always have a fair chance of winning. The rest of the world isn’t always like that.”
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