I never think of physical fighting. It's always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.

I tried to stay away from King. You can't do it. It's like staying away from taxes. Sooner or later, he'll get you.

I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real sorry for me, and she did'nt know but all I wanted to do was take her purse.

Cus was my father but he was more than a father. You can have a father and what does it mean?—it doesn't really mean anything. Cus was my backbone . . . . He did everything for my best interest . . . . We'd spend all our time together, talk about things that, later on, would come back to me. Like about character, and courage. Like the hero and the coward: that the hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.

What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to "upgrade my mind." That's just what I wanted to do my whole life.

Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.

I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.