I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and know I took everyone on.

The fight life, that was easy. This is a battle I have every day.

When people say I can't or I musn't, I always say I can and I will.

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.

My dad has never once told me after a fight that I did well.

I told you before, I'll fight anyone. I don't care.

Boxing has been in my blood since I can remember. It comes naturally to me, and I've enjoyed it ever since I started, at the age of six.

I was a little kid who used to fight a lot in the street-and get beat up.

Every time I work out in the gym, every time I train, I know I'm going to do well. But I like surprising the fans, the critics, the people who doubt me.

You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.

To make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days

I have always thought of a dog lover as a dog that was in love with another dog.

Irene's got a middle name, and it's Global Warming.

Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!

Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.

Politicians neither love nor hate.

Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.

Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through.

When Israel, of the Lord belov'd, Out of the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her mov'd, An awful guide in smoke and flame.