Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter.

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.

There is no quit in me.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

[My] worst habit: Drinking too much Budweiser when I get angry.

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.

Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat.

Loving God and loving one's neighbor are really the same thing.

I grew up watching classic animation, and I have always felt that the roots of animation is in fantasy and taking it in places that you can't go, any other way.

The last thing I would accuse a cat of is innocence.

Continue to reinvent. Keep things moving and changing and growing and always a little bit out of reach.

In general, you don't want to move your kids when they're teenagers. They're not going to be happy with you.

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

I loved acting when I was doing it, but getting the jobs I didn't understand because I'd never had to do it. That was a difficult lesson for me. It was very humbling and very bizarre.

True muses stay dreams forever unless artists connect them to exploratory work.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'