You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.

We are manipulated by fear and the fear of others, and how we're often manipulated into doing things and voting in ways that are against our own best interest. Look at healthcare. People will tell you that healthcare is socialism and communism, and they're doing this while their wife needs an operation and their kid needs braces.

This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.

If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.

It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.