Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

Don't let anything without a heart beat you.

Fighting, to me, seems barbaric. I don't really like it. I enjoy out-thinking another man and out-maneuvering him, but I still don't like to fight.

You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone.

You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide', and then one morning you wake up and realize you've done slid.

My business is hurting people.

I ain't never liked violence.

Hurting people is my business.

Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.

The ultimate purpose of life is to live it with profound love, joy, and happiness.

Walk slowly through the world and pay attention

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

Our fascination with weather: its caprices and changes as an antidote to the eternal repetition of daily life; a helpful illusion of novelty

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.

Why is youth so short and age so long?

I am not worried about the country. I'm just worried about anything that gums up the potential of the country. And right now, it's pretty gummed up.