I am not going to become crazy in the ring, because I am already crazy. And I am not going to die in the ring. I am going to die in bed as an old man.

I was born to be champion of the world

Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters

I'm not God, but I am something similar.

The wind is old, but it keeps blowing.

Yes, it's true I once knocked out a horse. It was at a fiesta in my mother's home town of Guarare. Someone bet me a bottle of whiskey that I couldn't do it

There is only one legend. That's me

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me grow into becoming a world champion.

De La Hoya doesn't know about salsa. He should keep on singing mariachis and leave the salsa to me. I'm good at salsa.

To belong somewhere. That was something much more important than belonging to someone. Now, he used to think to himself that maybe he took too serious that 'mission' of belonging somewhere.

Women waste so much time wearing no perfume. As for me, in every step that I have taken in life, I have been accompanied by an exquisite perfume!

We downplay our excellence when we only depend on miracles.

Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.

Strong words are required for weak principles.

Sometimes you need to get away for a few weeks just to figure out who you are again.

I believe that the FBI clearly was concerned, wanted to monitor and disrupt Malcolm X wherever possible.

I wasn't thinking so much of music. I wasnt thinking so much of perfection or stardom or any of that stuff.

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament.

I had been very angry, angry enough to lose control; none of us are above it.