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.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

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

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

You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.

I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.