Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.

Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.

He's too ugly to be the champ!

I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.

For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.

My mama told me I was already in a hurry as a child. I even had measles and chicken pox at the same time

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.