A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

Nailing him was like trying to thread a needle in a high wind.

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.