With a record of 75 fights and 6 losses, some of the losses were very questionable including Brian Nielsen when we fought in Denmark. I knew I won but they didn't give me that fight.

I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter.

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.

There is no quit in me.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

[My] worst habit: Drinking too much Budweiser when I get angry.

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

If we connect with nature, we can reconstruct our soul, spirit and strength.

You don’t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is “I don’t know”.

The biggest mistake of a democratic country is to underestimate the power of a democratically elected pro-fascist leader because it is always easier to destroy a castle from within!

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

I am thinking about those things now. More so than all my friends - they're a lot older than me, but they're not even thinking about babies.

Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.

All my life I've lived with a future which constantly diminishes but never vanishes.

People are motivated when they see somebody else doing something.

In every writer there is a certain amount of the scavenger.

There's a tendency, especially among academics, to see politics as deeply dirty and deeply egotistical.