If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.

I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.