The Rope a Dope would not have existed without the Big Dope.

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.

Your love awakens my spirit.

Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up.

My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.

Most readers will be shocked by the clear record of history linking Adolf Hitler and the Roman Catholic Church in a conspiracy to exterminate the Jews

Those of us who write spend our entire lives in an endless English class.

Be skillful in speech, that you may be strong.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

Sometimes history knocks at the most ordinary door to see if anyone is home. Sometimes someone is.

I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.

Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me.