When you constantly hear people talking about going the distance, going the distance, you can't help but wonder about it. I learned a lesson: next time I will fight my fight without that doubt.

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.

Are you doing life or are you living?

Wisdom isn't built on experience

...if you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone...

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.

The revery alone will do If bees are few.

We're going to move left and right at the same time.

Revision is its own reward.

There is no such thing as failure, only partial success!

I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice.