The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men.

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

Courage is how bad you want it.

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.

I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart.

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.