Work is the only meanin' I've ever known. Like the man in the song says, I just gotta keep on keepin' on..

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down..

Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. Rocky Marciano is second only to Louis. Where do I rate Ali? Somewhere below me. I beat h….

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there..

I got a burlap sack, put a brick in the middle, and filled it with rags, corncobs, some Spanish moss, and sand. I hung that sack off the branch of an….

You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to the reflexes you devel….

You got 3 things going against you: you're good, you're left-handed, and you're black.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book..

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under t….

If you cheat in the dark of the morning, you'll get found in the bright lights of the night..

There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way..

Courage is how bad you want it..

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, tramp….

I loved fighting... It gave me the opportunity to prove myself, to stand up and say, 'I'm the best. I matter. I am.'.

If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do..

I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart..

I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth..

I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities..

A sound body keeps a sound mind..

I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men w….

If I said 'Fall down', he's gonna fall down. I'm still his father..