You see it's like this: boxing is just another kind of rhythm activity. Like all sports is based on rhythm. Dig: if you ain't got no rhythm, you can't play no sports.

The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not number One; he is.