The greatness of Marciano in the ring was defined by the way he prepared for a fight, his ability to punch and take a punch.

I'd be conceited if I said I could, but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't.

To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion anymore.

Why waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?

Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.

I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I couldn't move. I couldn't make myself move. It was the strangest feeling.

Liston is like most big bullies, if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he'll get frustrated. Once you strip away that feeling of invincibility, he can be had.

What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?

That was a f****g dumb question. If I didn't think I was gonna win, why the hell would I be fighting?!

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

I believe, in my prime, I could have fought with anybody alive.

Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for.

What isn’t clear, isn’t French.

Conscious and unconscious experiences do not belong to different compartments of the mind; they form a continuous scale of gradations, of degrees of awareness.

Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens.

People think meditation is a huge undertaking.

Nothing guarantees more applause and more support than the call to abolish the IRS.

The beauty of the picture is an abiding concrete of the painter's vision.

Property in land is as indefensible as property in man.

I don't want to work all of the time.

Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That's our official slogan.