God, it would be good to be a fake somebody rather than a real nobody.

Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.

Every punch I threw with bad intentions to a vital area...I aimed for his ear...I wanted to bust his eardrum...Every punch had bad intentions...My record will last for immortality, It'll never be broken...I want to live forever...I refuse to lose...I would have to be carried out dead to lose...I was coming to destroy and win the Heavyweight Championship of the World, which I done.

I normally don't do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.

Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test.

The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.