I am going in there to win this fight. I don't think people are taking me seriously. I'm gonna surprise a lot of people. This guy helped two people make history.

If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary.

I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.

I would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person.

You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.

I'm not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.

The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.

There's no great person that lived that didn't go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history.

I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I'm a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy.

Understand why you are different and how you help, recognise your target market, and give them something they might not even realise they are missing.

There is even rhythm in being empty.

Most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear. Figure out who's doing the talking, then decide what you'll do.

Well, I'm a Texas boy, and we have denim in our blood.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.

Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.

I do quite naughty things now. I do like to be a bit sexy.

I've been really lucky because when I go out to L.A. it's for a job, not to look for a job. That's the way I like L.A. most - when I already have a job.

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.