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.

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.

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

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

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.

I have always been afraid... Always been pretending to follow you closely, alwyas been pretending to sharpen my teeth, when the truth is, I am ... scared to death just treading on your shadow.

One man suffers to save many.

Time spent in meditation is as precious as gold.

I am in the prime of senility.

The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernel of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education.

Busy old fool, unruly Sophie

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.

I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.

If a monk can overcome two things, he can become free from the world. Bodily ease and vain-glory.

In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today.