Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school.

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.

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

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.

You can’t go back, Ever. You can’t change the past. It just is. . . . This is our destiny. Not yours.

An endless path is frightening but the path that ends is even more frightening!

I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.

The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man.

The Anza Borrego Desert is a place of power, where different planes and realities intersect. It is easier to see and enter into other planes here.

A woman should always dress to be remembered, not simply to be noticed.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life.

The beauty of life is not knowing.

You get too excited over big flashes, Tunstall. Mages rely on that to make you think they have more power than you.