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.

I didn't know how to be any other way. I felt like one of those barbarian kings just coming to conquer the Roman Empire.

I don't think boxing took more from me then I got in return. It gave me everything that I took from it. It was all fair.

The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.

My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?

There's no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don't want to close the door on it either.

These books ain't window dressing. I think Machiavelli's the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin' ass.