Spirit, like body, needs to be trained. So I think it's necessary to make your spirit stronger. And for he who believes, anything is possible.

Years ago we hardly had anything to eat. Now I earn more money and I see every opponent as a man that tries to put me back to that poorer period. That man has to be eliminated.

The one who doesn't fall, doesn't stand up.

I like this feeling of weariness after training, when I'm walking home exhausted, dragging my feet. I like this a lot.

I do not talk about my weaknesses, I work on them.

A strong person will not be nervous and not express aggression towards his opponent... he will face the fight calm and balanced.

My weight is not enough and strength is not enough either, so I have to take the fight by mastery.

During the fight my senses dim, and basically, I don't feel any pain.

I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with great respect.

A real strong fighter should always look dignified and calm... I believe that any expression of aggression is an expression of weakness.

One who does not fall, does not stand up.

As for mother Eve - I wasn't there and can't deny the story, but I will say this. If she brought evil into the world, we men have had the lion's share of keeping it going ever since.

With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art.

Call me crotchety, but I didn’t like being bossed around, especially before I’d injected caffeine into my system. Violet Parker

Release your past into the universe and embrace your future with opened arms.

Nearly everything that happened had happened before. The grand lesson of history.

Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings.

I did some songs for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. I had done a jazz album of Roxy songs, and they used bits of it in the film. It would be nice to score a movie one day.

Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.

'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you.