Boxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar is a survivor, he's gonna be back bigger and stronger.

If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary.

I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.

I would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person.

You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.

I'm not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.

The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.

There's no great person that lived that didn't go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history.

I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I'm a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy.

I love my son more than any of you can imagine.

Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake.

There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience.

I have a long track record of really horrible relationships and a divorce behind me; so I'm not the guy to ask. I just got really fortunate with this one.

Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.

There are moments in life when we need to trust blindly in intuition

Real chessplayers think about chess more or less 24 hours a day. It is a passion and a fate that one has to live with - and it lasts a lifetime.

When you think about people, you give them power.

I don't care how good you are, you have to have that feeling in your gut that you want to win every week when you go out there.