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.

I’d like to be remembered as someone who used their ability as a novelist or as a dramatist to say the things he felt needed to be said about the society while being as entertaining as possible. Because if you don’t entertain, nobody’s listening.

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going

Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on.

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.

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.