A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

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.

Art is neither a profession nor a hobby. Art is a Way of being.

Desire wills its perpetuation ad infinitum.

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.

One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.

I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.

There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don't know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.

We are greater than the sum of our parts.

To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.

Think of your work life therefore, not as separate from your spiritual life but as central to your spiritual life. Whatever your business, it is your ministry.

I think the greatest way to learn is to learn by someone's example.