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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.