As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.

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.

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.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.

The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.

And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.

I'm not a political person. I usually beware of political persons. I know many, but I'm not one of them. I have no political ambitions.

They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for God.

I'd say Carrick has the qualities of a Scholes, Andrea Pirlo and Sergio Busquets.

Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.

Once a year ask the boss, "What do I or my people do that helps you to do your job?" and "What do I or my people do that hampers you?"