I don't like Larry Merchant. He thinks he knows everything about a sport that he was never in. He walks around with papers and studies what he writes, he just pisses you off.

I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter.

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.

There is no quit in me.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

[My] worst habit: Drinking too much Budweiser when I get angry.

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.

Whoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy.

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.

The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.

Either I'm listening to rap music, getting hyped up to go out and do something, or I'm listening to church music.

Statistics are designed to keep you safe.

But the building's identity resided in the ornament.

A lot of actors, they know the camera's there, and if somebody moves around or makes noise or whatever then they get all distracted, but I pretty much lock in. You can't distract me too much.

What you must accept as a parent is that you cannot always be there for your child without sometimes ruining everything.

The Right of all members of society to form their own beliefs and communicate them freely to others must be regarded as an essential principle of a democratically organized society.