Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

If we were second class citizens we'd be driving old Cadillacs and living good. If we were first class we'd be driving a Rolls Royce.

I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot.

Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.

All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn't belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone