I don't think that boxing historians have been able to find a case in which a great fighter, or a fighter presumed to be a great fighter, came to such an ignominious end.

There are too many governing bodies. They're all corrupt. I think they have replaced the old Mobsters with the kind of 'corporate rule' of boxing.

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.

Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?

To say he has a glass chin is an insult to glass.

Just because you BEAT Michael Jordan doesn't mean you BECOME Michael Jordan.

Betting stimulates the caring glands. That is where there is so much caring at the racetrack.

Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.

Fernando Vargas may have had a 6-pack in his stomach, but he didn't have a six-pack on his chin.

Vitali Klitschko doesn't get enough credit for how intelligent he fights, because he knows when to throw at the target and when to throw through the target.

Secrets are foolish creatures, I have learned. No longer do I wish to play with fools.

Hindsight is always zo/20.

People have this impression that I'm this crazy Christian, but I'm really balanced.

I am pleased with the exhibition... everything on display was sold for a good price to decent people. It has been a long time since I believed that you could educate public taste.

I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that.

So many low income people have seen so many failed promises broken and seen so many quacks and sporadic medicines offered to them that building trust takes a lot of time, takes a lot of patience.

Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma.

To do a blockbuster that isn't stressful is a delight.

In life you get one take, and it's perfect. It's strange, afterwards you might think I shouldn't have reacted that way, but that's the way you reacted. That's your take; that's all you get.

Love one another, make something with your hands, and exalt the farmer.