I think I'll take a bath in his blood.

I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.

Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.

Even though I heard him say he doesn't believe, cuz' that's why from watching Ali gave me the great deal of confidence and deep-down inner belief to believe there's no man fighting that could beat me.

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.

I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.

You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel. The job has to be done.