People see it [boxing] as a physical contact sport, but it's not. It's really a spiritual one of will against will. Who wants it the most? How much is he willing to take - and dish out - to get it? It's like fighting is 10 percent physical and 90 percent emotional.

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

Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.

Everyone says "I wish I was in your shoes...", the hundreds of people that wish they were in my shoes don't know the tenth of it. If they were in my shoes they would cry like a baby.

Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!

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.

Without struggle, there is no progress. There has to be struggle in your life. You have to grow in experience to control your ego. Cause, you know, an ego can be crushed, it can be killed, it can be smashed, but it comes back. It never dies. That's the thing about the ego: it never dies.