Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.

Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school.

I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

As long as I'm reading, I'm at home.

After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a friend

I didn't come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.

George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river.