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

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

If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.

You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to the reflexes you developed in training. That's where roadwork shows - the training you did in the dark of the mornin' will show when you're under the bright lights.

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

You got 3 things going against you: you're good, you're left-handed, and you're black

Ali kept calling me ugly, but I never thought of myself as being any uglier than him, I have 11 babies, somebody thought I was cute.