There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.

People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

I want to keep fighting because it's the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.