Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

Fall in love with the heart before the face.

The real strength of a man is not in the size of his muscles, but in the size of his heart.

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

A book brings its own history to the reader.

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.

We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.

I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is there a laugh of terror and a laugh of merriment.

I consider myself to be sort of a progressive Afrofuturist that is deeply committed to social justice.