I don't even like money. It just quiets my nerves.

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.

I dreamt, I woke, I grafted, I failed, I persisted, I conquered.

In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.

The Bible may be an arresting andpoetic work of fiction, but it is not the sort of book you should giveyour children to form their morals.

We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.

Creativity is never too contrived.

Fur is my default, my indulgence. All human beings and myself have a lot of defaults. Many indulgences.

There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.

I grew up in a happy household.

I don't personally have enough faith to be an atheist.

I never planned my career in steps. It's all coming at me like burglars in the night.