They say I don't fight guys unless they're on a respirator. That's incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.

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.

True saints know that the place where all the joy comes from is far deeper than that of feelings

But early on I saw this: You are wasting time by suffering twice. I mention this only to show how many things the mind cannot will itself to do, even if it wants to.

As long as the League of Nations constitutes only a treaty of guarantee for the victorious nations, it is by no means worthy of its name.

My type of humor is almost pure identification. A housewife reads my column and says, 'But that's happened to ME! I know just what she's talking about!

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?

Any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most.

For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

If you know what makes one person's life change, then you know what makes a nation change - because a nation is simply a large group of individuals.

I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but geometry was the worst.

I'm prone to a more depressed outlook on life.