Champions get up when they can't..

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance..

Don't worry honey, I'm too mean to die..

The best defense is a good offense..

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol..

For the first and only time, I was more worried about getting hurt by the crowd than by the guy I was fighting. I got a pretty good blast when introd….

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end..

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't..

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body..

You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings..

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him..

I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I know my prayers have been answered thousands of times, an….

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry….

Nailing him was like trying to thread a needle in a high wind..

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry..

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great..

I can't sing and I can't dance, but I can lick any S.O.B. in the house..

Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning..

Honey, I just forgot to duck..

A Gentle Man and a Gentleman..