If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.

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.

Ain't good to talk too much about infernal affairs if you can avoid it. Tends to make certain things stand up and pay attention.

If you seek revenge, it means you're scared or you feel guilty for what happened in some way. It's okay to be angry with someone, but don't think about revenge. It's like a disease that eats you up.

So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy like me. It turned out to be a very symbiotic partnership. I learned a lot from him.

Sometimes a b.f.f makes you go W.T.F but without them we'd all be a little less richer in our lives .

It is grievous to be caught.

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Just met a boy, just met a boy when he could become my little problem.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

I might be an ambassador.

I type in one place, but I write all over the house.