Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. He hit me and I was face down on the canvas hearing saxophonist Jimmy Tillis.

I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter.

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.

There is no quit in me.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

[My] worst habit: Drinking too much Budweiser when I get angry.

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

I got a good heart but my attitude gat people thinking I'm evil

I love writing, but I would be able to love it more if that love wasn’t motivated by fear of homelessness.

Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.

Louis Armstrong could only happen once - for ever and ever. I, for one, appreciate the ride.

Think about the most important things in life and set hard boundaries to protect them.

Scientific advertising has altered many old plans and conceptions. It has proved many long established methods to be folly

Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.

I don't see why it's impossible to express everything that's on one's mind.

Do not need to look for reasons to hate when there is reason to love.

I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me -Rosalie Cullen