Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.

If you cheat in the dark of the morning, you'll get found in the bright lights of the night.

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.

If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.

Courage is how bad you want it.

Ali always said I would be nothing without him, but who would he have been without me?

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.

I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

Should I get married? Should I be good?

We may have pets, but when it comes to unconditional love, they are the masters.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don't go get your mammograms.

The performance of performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.

I'm a journeyman actor. My experience as a journeyman actor is that you have to go where the work is. I've never been the lead; I've never been in that position.

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

At his best, Obama promised to work with Republicans to reduce the deficit in a way that honors both individualism and community.

I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.