Lugh goes first always first an I follow on behind. An that's fine. That's right. That's how it's meant to be.

Don't give in to fear. Be strong, like i know you are. An never give up, d'you unnerstand, never. No matter what happens.I stare at him.I won't, I says. I ain't no quitter, Pa.That's my girl.

Marry me, he says. I got all my own teeth, I wash twice a year an I'll cut you in fer half the business here.

Wisdom ain't a virtue I ever aspired to.

I laugh. Yer crazy, I says.I was fine till I met you, he says.

You look at me with them eyes of yers, an I look at yer lips... an all I can think about is what it'ud be like to kiss you.

Always be reading something, he said. Even when we're not physically reading. How else will we read the world? Think of it as a constant.

While we're living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.

What is there flattering, amusing, or edifying in their carving your name on a tombstone, then time rubbing off the inscription together with the gilding?

This is how everything should end: with the forgotten remembered, the wounded healed, and the sinners forgiven.

It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.

I ask for so little.Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.

I was going to study at the Sorbonne and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.

I can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy.

I'm so fast I run through a hurricane and not get wet. George Foreman is gonna pay me a dept.