I just want them to keep bringing guys on and I'am going to strip them of their health. I bring pain a lot of pain.

Everybody has a gameplan until he gets hit

There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That's okay. Just spell my name right.

Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.

I hate to cry and I hate to sound like sour grapes, but no one ever listens to me. No one ever hears what I have to say.

For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship.

I still can’t believe [ Muhammad Ali ] knows my name. It astounds me he knows who I am. I first met Ali in 1976. I was locked up in a juvenile home and he came to visit. I’ve never forgotten it.