Max Schmeling

"I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up.'"

"Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing."

"I can't accept the title, to win it this way doesn't mean anything to me."

"I received a letter from the Reich Ministry of Sports. They want me to split from Joe Jacobs, my manager since 1928.... I really need Joe Jacobs. I owe all my success in America to him."