As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.
Budd Schulberg

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.
Budd Schulberg

Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.
Budd Schulberg

Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.
Budd Schulberg

I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
Budd Schulberg

Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.
Budd Schulberg

Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.
Budd Schulberg

Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.
Budd Schulberg

You can't eat your friends and have them too.
Budd Schulberg

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going.
Budd Schulberg