There is nothing like wealth for dulling desire.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

Work hard, think fast and you'll last.

A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.

I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.

If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.

What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager.

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

Better guilt than the terrible burden of freedom and responsibility.

Where is your water? Know your garden.

Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times.

We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method.

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.

The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.

There ain't nothin' like a Black woman.

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.