I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

You are happy when you are enthusiastic and action-oriented, not when you are luxury and pleasure oriented.

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

It comes true because we're wise, dear.

Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power

I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care.

Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.

Break not an ancient friendship; keep it hale; Stir round its roots, that it be green of heart; Let not the spirit of its growth depart: It is a power to brave the strongest gale.

I consider myself foremost a novelist with the intent of crafting stories that people will remember.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The people who really matter in social affairs are neither those who wish to stop short like a mule, or leap from crag to crag like a mountain goat.