When I was a boy, I used to pull a big cross saw with my dad. He'd use his right hand, so I'd have to use my left.

Work is the only meanin' I've ever known. Like the man in the song says, I just gotta keep on keepin' on.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.

I had a job to do in the ring, and the businessmen around me had a job to do outside the ring, I did my job by beating up most of the guys they put in front of me and staying in shape, but the people I trusted didn't do their jobs.

Work is the only meanin' I've ever known.

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.