Quotes By Budd Schulberg

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.