It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice. Joe Jamail More Quotes by Joe Jamail More Quotes From Joe Jamail Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer. Joe Jamail lawyersuccessattitudelong For me, being a lawyer means to help those in need. Joe Jamail helpneedmelawyer I don't think I'm a good ol' boy. Honestly, the last thing I am is a redneck. I like silk sheets, fancy cars, beautiful women, good whiskey. Joe Jamail i-amgoodwomenbeautiful If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort. Joe Jamail yourbestyoueffort When I walk into a courtroom, I feel like I'm home. Joe Jamail walkfeellikehome I didn't know who she was, but I knew she was hungry, so I started handing out $100 bills and called the office and told them to bring me a bunch more. Then I had my cousin's store deliver a bunch of smoked ham and turkeys. I mean, these people are hungry and living under a bridge. Joe Jamail bridgeknowmepeople Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity! Joe Jamail knowyoudo-you-knowmediocrity For every dollar we have given to athletics, we have given about 27 to higher education or medical research. Joe Jamail dollarmedicalresearcheducation It's not a bad thing fighting for equality and helping the poor. It's not a bad thing to have on your professional tombstone: 'He believed in equality and he helped the poor.' Joe Jamail professionalbadequalityfighting I didn't do too well until my second year, when I realized that there were no right or wrong answers and that my professors were interested only in how well I could develop an argument. Joe Jamail wronghowyearargument We've got some real greedy hogs who own no interest in the company they're running, whose sole interest is in whatever it takes to be able to get to the point to fly out on their golden parachute and milk the shareholder and take risks that they shouldn't take. Joe Jamail flyrisksownreal The Depression did more to me than being a little Lebanese kid did. Joe Jamail morebeingmedepression There are more pompous, arrogant, self-centered, mediocre-type people running corporate America who should be sent out on some postal route delivering mail. Joe Jamail moresomeamericapeople The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money. Joe Jamail feelingachievementpoormoney I think the average American has forgotten the great feel for liberty and accountability that the framers of the Constitution believed. Joe Jamail feelgreatthinkconstitution I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it. Joe Jamail fastneverpeoplethinking I can't describe the feeling I got the first time I won a jury award for an injured person. Joe Jamail awardpersonfeelingtime You had to have a unanimous jury verdict, and one percent of contributory negligence barred all recovery. It was so satisfying to realize I could do it. And I'll tell you what motivated me: competitiveness. I was betting on me. That's what a contingent-fee lawyer does. Joe Jamail realizemeyoulawyer I think Wallace Hall is an imbecile. Joe Jamail imbecilehalli-thinkthink When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches. Joe Jamail conferenceyearusedgolf
