I remember in school once the teacher gave us a speech about anyone can make it if they try, and then she looked at me and said. 'I don't know what you are going to do, Georgie.'

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.

I do not laugh

If you wanted to, it would be easy to find some crappy lyrics [of Bob Dylan] from the Eighties to undermine the Nobel Prize.

That's a question mark everyone's asking

Films portraying successful black people getting married are great, but films that only show one aspect of our culture, bother me.

People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then it becomes something quite different.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing.

I just like to think rather than talk. But I enjoy everyone's company.

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.