Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.

A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.

I can show you how to box. I can teach you every technique and trick I know, but I can never make you a fighter. That comes from inside, and it's something no one else can ever give you.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.

Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.

The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.

It hurt to even bump into him.

The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.

Only the most passionate love could ever induce me to marry.

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it ... These are the highest-paid 'professional' women in America.

Women are well on the road to equality but we haven't arrived yet.

If you truly love someone, you're going to be pure because true love comes from God, and God tells us to remain pure. That's good enough for me.

When you go to awards shows these days, you can walk through a room and they give you everything for free: sunglasses, guitars, stuff for the wife.

I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

Today is a day of remembrance that is heavy on my heart.