I would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person.

If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary.

I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.

You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.

I'm not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.

The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.

There's no great person that lived that didn't go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history.

I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I'm a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy.

I must destroy everybody that comes in front of me. I must execute them and I must do it in grand style. I must slay Robert Allen like I must slay De La Hoya or anybody else that steps in that ring.

My father chose my name, and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way

Regardless of your lot in life, build something beautiful on it.

. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.

Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.

I don't know what it means to be a star because I don't really look at myself like a star. I look at myself as a regular person, just like everybody else. I just love what I do.

Anyway, he's gone. Which, as you know, is how I like my men.

It's people who write music because they are obsessed that I like; because they have something to say and no other way to say it.

I often feel like books find us for reasons, and we read them when we need them the most.

Lee Iacocca, who said to Dolly Parton, Why do you need an airbag? Never got a dinner!

I have a cartoon where the guy is pretty much, he's a regular-sized guy, but he's the size of the island. He's saying no man is an island, but I come pretty damn close.