I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.

If you cheat in the dark of the morning, you'll get found in the bright lights of the night.

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.

If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.

Courage is how bad you want it.

Ali always said I would be nothing without him, but who would he have been without me?

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.

I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines. They don't take naturally to it.

Ninety percent of living is just showing up.

I started out as a camera operator. I was doing news, and I was doing sports - baseball games and football games. And I was acutely aware of women not really being in those roles then.

The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.

For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.

People start to heal the moment they feel heard.

You should be as alive as you can, until you're totally dead!

Modern marriage has lost its meaning--consequently it is being abolished.

To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: Be careful.

Twitter is a place where I can let people know what type of person I am, and I got some good feedback from it. More good than bad, so it's a good outlet to let people know who I am.