Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people. He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum

When you have millions of dollars, you have millions of friends.

Every unnecessary law helps fashion the noose we will ultimately be hung by.

Control your thoughts to define your life.

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.

When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely.

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.

When I was a kid, there was kind of a given that there were some really bad, racist police out there. That's just what America was like when I was a kid.

I'm sure it's there traced along my career. I'm sure it is in most actresses' careers.

The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty.

You stayed,” he murmured... Her softly whispered answer sifted into his hair where her lips rested against the top of his head. “You didn’t let go.