Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

Our purpose is to find out whether innocence, the moment it becomes involved in an action, can avoid committing murder.

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.

Bad gains are true losses.

Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness

Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising

I have a lot of older brothers who messed up in different ways in my mother's eyes. So I learned from all of their mistakes.

Sometimes the truth is not as believable as a well-crafted lie.

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.

I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.

The uplift of the women, the awakening of the masses must come first, and then only can any real good come about for the country, for India.