If you don't take chances you can't do anything in life.

I had the greatest sparring partners, I had the greatest sparring team. And these guys they wrapped me up a lot. I never got the chance to get off on them.

I had did so much to Larry [Holmes] in the ring that I made him respect me in the fight.

If you don't take chances, you can't do anything in life.

Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam

I felt so good when I fought Larry [Holmes]. When I fought Larry the first time, I mean, first time in my life, I mean, I could remember I wanted to fight.

King's an equal opportunity dirtbag, he screws everybody.

You always be like, I hope I'm ready.

Trust is a hard thing to win back.

What good does it do a black youth to know that an employer must pay him $2 an hour if the fact that he must be paid that amount is what keeps him from getting a job?

Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.

To know how to think with emotions and to feel with intellect.

The development of the national spirit in its present form leads into blind alleys. Some condition must be found which preserves the life of the nation, but rules out the fatal rivalry among nations.

My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions.

Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks

Forever used to feel like a curse. Now it feels like a promise.

We mustn't forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals.

Nearly all educational expenditure should be considered a capital outlay. Education provides a future return in the form of enhanced taxable income and an enhanced quality of life.