If you love God, tear out your heart's love of the world.

A lot of wars are fought between black and whites daily in America. But if it's something I want to be with, the people who started it were black, I wouldn't not get in it.

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.

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

I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

When your mother dies, it really hurts. But with time, you get used to it. That's nature's way.