Motivation has to come from within. I make up my mind to shoot for the moon. Even if I don't make it, I'll be among the stars.

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

I tell runners... that no matter how inexperienced a runner you may be, there is nothing wrong with being intense. You don't know what you might discover.

What does reason know? Reason only knows what it has succeeded in learning...

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle.

If you can believe this, I didn't fight for my first world title fight till I had 58 fights, so I really appreciated what I was fighting for and for whom as well.

I love all types of music myself.

There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro.

Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.

I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

Have you ever tried?" "No." Then don't tell me I can't.

When I talk about divorce, I am not blaming the women I've married. It's not their fault.

You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you're in trouble.