Rocky Marciano Quote

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.


Explaining why he wouldn't come out of retirement for a big payday against heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson, quoted in Thomas Hauser, "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster," The New York Sun (2005-09-15)


I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.