A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

The best defense is a good offense.

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.

Champions get up when they can't.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

Don't worry honey, I'm too mean to die.

A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

I can't sing and I can't dance, but I can lick any S.O.B. in the house.

People use people according to their own needs. Or don't use them. When a primary need is one of safety.

Every artist has a very particular sound and style.

You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there - fully, personally, genuinely.

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe.

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

It takes the best part of a lifetime to find out what you don't want.

Most national correspondents will tell you they rely on stringers and researchers and interns and clerks and news assistants.

Dissolving the name is awareness. Dissolving the form is meditation. The world is name and form. Bliss transcends name and form.

Wolves together stand howling soft and loud at light, singing family songs.

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.