There's never been a great fight without the writers taking on and finding an identity for it. That's probably what has happened boxing. Writers are not writing about us big boys anymore and I tell you right, however you feel, take something, find it, and use it because American needs something to read about.

Today the biggest decisions I make aren't related to the heavyweight title. They are whether I visit McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, or Jack-in-the-Box.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.

I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.

If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.