I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.

Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there - it's such a special place - and because of the experiences I had there, I've become the person I am today.

I distress you; I draw fast to an end.

A pine needle fell in the forest. The hawk saw it. The deer heard it. The white bear smelled it

No one should have to get a PhD in economics to survive in this economy.

Today I suddenly experienced an absurd but quite valid sensation. I realized, in an intimate lightning flash, that I am no one. No one, absolutely no one.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Love is a verb. We have to let our love call us to action.

I can tell. I'm gifted with that, you know. When I hear that the tempo is slightly off, it's hard for me.

In my twenties, my pleasures tended to be physical. In my thirties, my pleasures tended to be intellectual. I can't say which was more exquisite.