When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.

I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.

I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.

Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. Rocky Marciano is second only to Louis. Where do I rate Ali? Somewhere below me. I beat him, and if I could beat him, no doubt Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano could have beaten him.