Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

The best defense is a good offense.

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.

Champions get up when they can't.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

Don't worry honey, I'm too mean to die.

A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

I can't sing and I can't dance, but I can lick any S.O.B. in the house.

It's what we think of ourselves that matter!

Love may not be quid pro quo but marriage certainly is.

Write what you want to write. That's the only advice a writer will ever need.

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

Other than that and the fact that I don't have to work any more my life hasn't changed a bit.

When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.

Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

For years, I just did not like this idea of God, church.

He who does nothing renders himself incapable of doing any thing; but while we are executing any work, we are preparing and qualifying ourselves to undertake another.