It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.

You can do what you want. But it's nature to be with your own. I want to be with my own.

On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting.

I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right.

Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and mules, not humans.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Don't count the days, make the days count.