When I got up I stuck to my plan - stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.

I don't think his hands could take the abuse.

I was once knocked out by a Mexican bantamweight - six of my pals were swinging him around by his heels at the time.

You run for forty-five minutes, you train for an hour and a half, and the rest of the time you hang out and talk tough

Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle.

All I want to do is hit someone in the mouth. It's a whole lot easier than working for a living. Don't make anything noble out of what I do

The chaotic theory of education is that you go to college, earn a degree and then that degree may be used in something completely different. It's about achieving the goal first.

To find true freedom, relinquish all of your attachments.

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

My life carries its own meaning in itself.

The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic.

An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different ends without altering its nature.

I no longer think in terms of, Ooh, this is a great role and what is it going to do for - actually, I've never really thought about what something is going to do for my career.

You only have one thing in business, and that is your reputation

News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off.

The magic of documentary is that I keep being surprised and amazed by the things I film.

We all have the right to be wrong and be loved just the same.