A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.

The greatest fighter I ever saw

Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.

If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.

A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar.

I've seen Dempsey fight and I was impressed with his lack of knowledge.

Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to pastWithout a word--the menLeaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriagesLasting a little while longer:Never such innocence again.

Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life

I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.

Wine is poetry in a bottle.

We are not ourselves anymore, we've lost a little something.

I used to think that having many material things would increase one's stock of happiness. I found that to be completely untrue. The trappings don't make the man at all.

I'd turn and run but I'm anchored by two dudes that could hold the Titanic during a tsunami.

Income is there to create quality of life, but you can share your car and get where you want to go, and you can travel the world by couch surfing.

Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.

Yes, for my undergrad I majored in Criminal Justice and minored in Political Science and English.