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

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

I wanted the world to know where I was from. I wanted to say to the world, "We gotcha." America gotcha.

Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

Before a fight between Riddick Bowe and Hector Gonzales: Generally when there's a lot of smoke . . . there's just a whole lot more smoke.