Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.

Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.

I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.

You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four stairs and into the ring. Then finally, you can't wait for the bell to ring.

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.

By the time you're 30 years old, you can be on a nowhere street, if you're not careful.

I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time.

The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before going in with [Larry] Holmes. That would have made all the difference.

I am the Lilum. Time. Truth. Destiny. The Endless River. The Wheel of Fate. You do not command me.

It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver.

We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both.

Not two strong men the enormous weight could raise,- Such men as live in these degenerate days.

Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual.

One thing nobody knows about me is that three of my fingers are edible, but I cant tell you which fingers.

Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a person: Jesus in our midst.

I love order. It's my dream. A world where all would be silent and still, and each thing in its last place, under the last dust.

It's really never fair to judge people because none of us know what's going on inside anyone else's head.