A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.

I can show you how to box. I can teach you every technique and trick I know, but I can never make you a fighter. That comes from inside, and it's something no one else can ever give you.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.

Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.

The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.

It hurt to even bump into him.

If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain't nobody.

Sacred soul searches to know the truth.

Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious

By reflecting a little on this subject I am almost convinced that those numberless small Circuses we see on the moon are the works of the Lunarians and may be called their Towns.

There's something amazing about humor and laughter. It broadens your perspective.

I don't categorize movies. I just look for great stories.

I have a trend of my own.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

I love my onscreen frenemy, Dianna Agron! Having the opportunity to work so closely with her has been amazing.

When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.

The truly simple way of presenting Christianity is to do it.