Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.

I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner.

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character.

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.

Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion.

It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out.

I wanted to be a plumber.

There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody.

I wouldn’t be without my regular schedule of chiropractic adjustments because of my very strenuous schedule.

I'm a performer. We don't retire.

Human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece

Why had he assumed time was some sort of infinite resource? Now the hourglass had busted open, and what he’d always assumed was just a bunch of sand turned out to be a million tiny diamonds.

If you understand that you are not just your appearance or your physical body, you will be better equipped to handle negative feelings or imperfection regarding your outward appearance

A truly free man is not free 'from' anything, nor free 'to' anything, he is just free. Free within himself.

The call to write does not respect background or experience.

You've got to believe you can win. But I believe respect for the fact that you can lose is what you always have to keep in mind so that nothing suprises you.

That is the gods' work, spinning threads of death through the lives of mortal men, an all to make a song for those to come.

Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

I sort of pride myself in my dissatisfaction with my work. I've always been concerned with buying the hype, and having that make your performances suffer.