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

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

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

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

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.

I’m a very careful man. Everything I do… Remember this… Everything I do means something to me.

Yes, I am a prisoner of sorts, but my prison isn't the house. It's my own thoughts that lock me up!

If you live for this world, you are in the junk business. It's all just premature junk.

I don't have a lot of pressure on myself to be successful. I'm more of an artist. I just try to make myself more a part of the most beautiful painting as possible. And enjoy it.

I was never blinded by the American dream. I have my own dreams. You know what I'm saying? The Joey dream.

That which has a beginning will surely have an end.

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

Too often, parents force their kids into becoming something they want them to become rather than trying unpack the treasure chest God wants them to become.

It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty.

The fruit of the Spirit is not what we can make ourselves do for a moment, But what God makes us to be for a lifetime.