If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it

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.

We love our mother because she cares and also because she cooks.

Victory at all costs victory in spite of all terror victory however long and hard the hard may be for without victory there is no survival.

If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.

To be truly happy you must recognize who you are with nothing.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty.

History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.

Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of the seed that you lovingly planted.

There is another element that is a part of human happiness — and that is that unless we think of others and do something for them we miss the greatest sources of happiness.

But especially, you know, I love the music. This is my purpose. I don't do anything else but music.