I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.

If you cheat in the dark of the morning, you'll get found in the bright lights of the night.

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.

If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.

Courage is how bad you want it.

Ali always said I would be nothing without him, but who would he have been without me?

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.

I loved fighting... It gave me the opportunity to prove myself, to stand up and say, 'I'm the best. I matter. I am.'

A lot of pain that we are dealing with are really only THOUGHTS.

It's foolish to fight the bond between you. You'd be better off going with it and letting the panties drop where they may.

Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.

I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.

There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.

I'm not going to count the dollars before they've come in.

Life is not easy for any for us.

The king is a strong piece - use it !

To live happily with other people one should ask of them only what they can give.

No one can ever help loving anyone.