I'm a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me.

I'm the best fighter in the world. No one can beat me....My objective is to inflict as much pain as possible, to win and win spectacularly...Ever since I was 12 years old, I was groomed to be the heavyweight champion of the world. I've been prepared to handle the pressure, the dealing with the press, everything.

I don't have to be that gentleman ["baddest man on the planet"] anymore. Now I have to be "this" guy. And in order to be "this" guy, I have to be smiling, I have to be gregarious, I have to be entertaining, and I have to be friendly. This is what my career needs now. I've adapted. But 20 years from now, I may need a different persona.

My style was impetuous, my defenses were impregnable, and I was ferocious.

No one who isn't an extremist can understand the mind of an extremist.

He was screaming like my wife.

Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.