Boxing is a place where, if you haven't done the training, that's going to be exposed very quickly.

You make choices, as a young man. I knew I wanted to be an actor, so I pursued that, but the desire to compete still stayed with me.

The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.

I've always believed my success in the entertainment business is an inevitability. You have to believe that; you have to be an optimist.

You can get into a place in your life where you no longer are in control of events, and events are in control of you.

I love boxing, and boxing has always been my favorite sport. I was always into it, and I boxed recreationally all of my life.

I love the whole world of boxing and the sense of community that exists there.

If you're going to play a champion athlete, people expect you to look a certain way, and you also have to have the stamina to be able to continue to perform.

I watched tapes and became a historian of the sport, and tried to combine certain elements and find things in the gym and saw what worked for me.

I had always wanted to play a boxer, all of my life. I grew up watching great boxing films.

I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my career as an actor. I made the right choice.

Where we sail and anchor our heart fill up the multitude odyssey paving to the coming home of our soul.

That was the problem these days--everything was considered disposable--clothes, cell phones, relationships.

Why then the world's mine oyster Which I with sword will open.

I just do what I want to do, and if it's a rather interesting script - which I found.

First off, do everything they can to give their kids the opportunities to play sports; asthma is not a deterrent to playing sports.

The love of money as a possession...will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.

His [Donald Trump]support is crossing wide swaths of the party. It's not just the evangelicals. It's the moderates, as well.

life without love, is no life at all

To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.

Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing?