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.

It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.

One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.

If you have any hate in your heart, you will not be able to create a society that is just.

The foremost art of kings is the power to endure hatred.

I helped to restore America's leadership.

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.

Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings, lest they grow up expecting peace and order, and be eaten alive.

The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own.

If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.

I believe in something that I do not yet understand.