I suppose it's too bad people can't be a little more consistent. But if they were, maybe they would stop being people.

Silence is the sure sign that youre on your way out in Hollywood.

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley.

Unless we know people well, we sit around with our words and our minds starched, afraid of being ourselves for fear of wrinkling them.

I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville.

I don't like the country. The crickets make me nervous.

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.