The crowd did not dream when they laid down their money that they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny!

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary.

Being on the air is and probably always will be the highest point for me.

We are always in transition.

Adversity is a stimulus.

I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?

... it is a great mistake to confuse conventionality with simplicity ... it takes a good deal of intelligence and a great many inhibitions to follow a social code.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.

I'm just basically a workaholic.

If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.