A sound body keeps a sound mind.

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.

If you cheat in the dark of the morning, you'll get found in the bright lights of the night.

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.

If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.

Courage is how bad you want it.

Ali always said I would be nothing without him, but who would he have been without me?

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.

I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

it's so easy to be a poetand so hard to be a man.

For more irresponsible that human beings can be, nature always finds (not always healthy) a way to teach us how to be treated.

Perfectionists are patient, the diligent are persevering, and the relentless are successful.

To neglect ones own ability to laugh is the greatest form of Blasphemy, for to laugh is to pray.

The only person I compete with is Satan. If that happens to be you, then could you please move out of the way? You’re standing in Christ’s spot.

Please." It's one word, but the way I say it means so much more. Please don’t say anything. Please don’t look at me. Please don’t hurt me. Please just stay away. Please.

It is necessary that... we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds.

What makes defeat so painful is just the awareness that the other has won. It hurts to lose because it feels so good to win.

Everyone puts his fault on the Times.

The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.