I had a happy marriage and a nice wife. I accomplished everything you can. What more can you want?

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.

Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing.

Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!

I received a letter from the Reich Ministry of Sports. They want me to split from Joe Jacobs, my manager since 1928.... I really need Joe Jacobs. I owe all my success in America to him.

I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up.

Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal.

Draw a circle, not a heart, around the one you love because a heart can break but a circle goes on forever.

Sometimes the end is only a beginning

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.

If you lose something, do not worry.

When a woman smiles, then her dress should smile to

The mirror of humanity always reflects the need for a Savior.

We have all been beaten! Each one has to bear his misfortune! Resign yourself!

Those who can't teach - administrate. Those who can't administrate - go into politics.

Faith, if it be a living faith, will be a working faith.

When I went on Fox News people asked me why I was going on those shows. Are you kidding? You have to go, especially to people you don't agree with.