The key to anything in boxing and life is sticking to it. Never give up.

My favorite was going as a boxer when I was 9 years old and wearing my dad's boxing gear.

Scary movies scare me. The Exorcist is really scary.

My own eyes try to sleep, but they don't. They stay wide awake as time snarls forward and silence drops down, like measured thought.

Do not hire those who are incapable.Do not fire those who are capable.A small, devoted army is greaterthan a large, indifferent one.

As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules.

I believe that Reverend [Florine] Thompson's hit on something. My parents, I and a lot of my friends growing up in that community had tremendous drive.

The most important thing for staying in shape is having fun with your workouts.

Awareness is learning to keep yourself company

This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses.

What Christian love cannot do is effected by a common hatred.

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.