The media loves to take things like that [Rocky Marciano couldn't hold my jockstrap] out of context. There was no harm meant when I said that, but plenty of harm came from it.

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

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.

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.

The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.

Writing is a lonely act. When two writers come together to write a horror story it can be crazy. You can't step on a mine and hope it doesn't explode.

A susceptible child is capable of great hero worship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed by an idea which persists into adult life.

There is only one large circle that we march in around and around each of us with our own little picture-in front of us-our own little mirage that we think is the future.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.

Just make sure your intentions are not pretensions.

It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.

Communists disavow the existence of God and religion. They hate it, because it's a competitor.

Do you think that love has to be requited to be genuine? On the contrary, it thrives on indifference.