All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

As you read the Word of God today, read it with expectancy and anticipation for the changes it will make in you.

But to Lord Peter the world presented itself as an entertaining labyrinth of side-issues

What I ate for breakfast on school mornings was one buttered roll--a soft roll, not a hard roll--and one cup of cocoa; any attempt to alter this menu I regarded as a plot to poison me.

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.

The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.

You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium.

Simmon pushed his hair out of his eyes, laughing boyishly. "You can't argue your way out of this one! She's obviously stupid for you. And you're just plain stupid, so it's a great match.

There is balance in life, but not fairness.