I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.

I'd be conceited if I said I could, but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't.

To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion anymore.

Why waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?

Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.

I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I couldn't move. I couldn't make myself move. It was the strangest feeling.

Liston is like most big bullies, if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he'll get frustrated. Once you strip away that feeling of invincibility, he can be had.

What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?

That was a f****g dumb question. If I didn't think I was gonna win, why the hell would I be fighting?!

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

The greatness of Marciano in the ring was defined by the way he prepared for a fight, his ability to punch and take a punch.

Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God.

Implement an outstanding idea to yield you back a priceless life.

The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet.

We don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate.

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before?

A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

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Beauty isn't what I'm primarily interested in [in architecture]. I think appropriateness is more important.

I told my staff that I'm so boring that I didn't even know I was boring.

Without love, violence will change the world; it will change it into a more violent one.