I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.

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

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

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.

His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips.

Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you.

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.