Emotions, particularly anger, are like fire. They can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.

A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.

No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.

Greatness is not a measure of how great you are but how great others came to be because of you

To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.

Losers are winners who quit,...even if you lose...you still win...if you don't quit.

Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently.

Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the victor.

The punch that knocks a man out is the punch that he doesn't see.

There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the best. You have to practice and train to become the best.

Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw punches with bad intentions.

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.

Most people might be doing the same thing, but that doesn't mean that it is the right thing to do. Aren't most people in this world unhappy and unsuccessful?

Each American generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice in unbroken chain all the way down to the present. That torch is now in our hands, and we will use it to light up the world.

I never wanted to be in a band because I love music too much to mess it up.

Tony [Touch] is like my big brother. He's somebody that I grew up listening to. I've had the fortune of befriending a lot of my idols in a positive way. Tony is one of them.

A man able to think isn't defeated - even when he is defeated.

Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.

I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper. A writer creates an imaginary world that he transmits to others.

I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.