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.

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.

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.

I loved fighting... It gave me the opportunity to prove myself, to stand up and say, 'I'm the best. I matter. I am.'

These women rob me of my mind. And I don’t care.~Dr. Hugo Peralta

The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.

I knew I was drunk. I felt sophisticated and couldn't pronounce it.

God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.

They are not long, the weeping and the laughter. Love and desire and hate; I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate.

If a cream can give you confidence then you really have to check your whole confidence department in the first place.

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing Am I any good Will I ever work again' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

I don't always have a lot of energy, but my kids almost always revitalize me.

My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot.

No I don't really write thinking about specific actors because it can get in the way a little bit.