I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either.

I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.

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.

There's no way I would want to hurt him or bust him up. That's why, for the sake of the family as well as himself, I will take him out in the opening round.

I'm a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.

We live in a society where we basically live and strive on what people think about us. We’re more visual people so what we see is basically what we believe which is not necessarily true.

When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher.