Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.

A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.

I can show you how to box. I can teach you every technique and trick I know, but I can never make you a fighter. That comes from inside, and it's something no one else can ever give you.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.

Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them.

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.

The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.

It hurt to even bump into him.

There are some things you can’t learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.

People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.

Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

Be humble and grateful for what you have and the universe will reward your gratitude.

Perhaps... you love too fiercely.

Whether I'm a hero or a zero doesn't really matter. It's all perception.

I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities.

Most people enter into relationships with an eye toward what they can get out of them, rather than what they can put into them.

Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass.