I respect most boxers because they're violent people who learned to discipline themselves ... a good boxer is an artist ... Boxing is existential - some fights are better than others.

I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.

I don't want to retire. I'm not that good at crossword puzzles

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood.