Occupation: Professional Boxer Birth: May 17, 1956
When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty..
I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up..
While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it's not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them..
People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it….
I learned how to sumon, from somewhere deep within, the extra will I didn't know I possessed. Knowing it was there, and could be tapped again, ga….
I wouldnt change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today..
You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win..
You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing..
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making..
I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing..
My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special..
When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have..
When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, "What do you want to be?" I think he was ….
Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities..
Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring..
Spread your love and fly..
I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself..
To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training..
Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth..
I always expect unexpected challenges..
My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I l….