A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people. He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum

When you have millions of dollars, you have millions of friends.

Verily it is a foolish thought that they both have devised, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also had its place to bear its floods.

The promise of hope provides more comfort than the limitations of doubt.

Stand in your own two shoes.

War takes so many more casualties than just the dead.

I'm really very self-confident when it comes to my work. When I take on a project, I believe in it 100%. I really put my soul into it. I'd die for it. That's how I am

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.

I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.

Benchley and I had an office in the old Life magazine that was so tiny, if it were an inch smaller it would have been adultery.

I feel like I'm indirectly showing people, not that there's another way, but just that if you really have a dream, you should try and give it a go.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.