Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

Kindness is as simple as being grateful for the love anyone has shown you, by not destroying them because it isn't on your terms.

I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It's tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.

You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.

I've never had to explain Prometheus to people, ever. Most people get it.

Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die.

And there's Ray Clemence looking as cool as ever out in the cold.

Letting off ammunition in every direction, Allah is my only protection. But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same.

People have the right to come and choose their own political solutions.

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.