Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.

The greatest fighter I ever saw

Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.

If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.

A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.

A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar.

I learn from the past, I dwell in the present, and I plan for the future.

While the people of Madrid seem to have resigned to selling almost anything - the one thing they have never given up on so far - is time. It is the one commodity that is never sold and always shared.

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

I used to think that it was better to have too much than too little, but now I think if the too much was never supposed to be yours, you should just take what is yours and give the rest back.

I don't care about the past.

If you want my ghost just say ' We've always done it that way.' and i will haunt you for 24 hours.

Great Britain have won 40% of their medals in cycling. If only there was snooker, darts and a dog show.

We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.

God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.

So you start one person at a time. Change one person, you can change a village.