I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test.
Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn.
It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.
You have to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. I'm always comfortable being uncomfortable. And to be comfortable being uncomfortable, I have to hone my discipline, which to me is doing what I have to do, but also doing it like I love it.
Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.
You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel. The job has to be done.
Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
I'm the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real sorry for me, and she did'nt know but all I wanted to do was take her purse.
There's nothing like confidence.
When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness…I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.
There's nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn't.
In order for me to achieve... I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.
I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'
I'm on the Zoloft to keep from killing y'all.
You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.
I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
Discipline makes hard men. Every hard man is capable of being a killer. But every killer is not capable of being a hard man. They can't endure that much. It's all about the endurance. That's why they become killers. Because they can't endure the pain. They need to kill the pain to stop it.
No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it's pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason i do it so early is because i believe the other guy isn't doing it and that gives me a little edge
What I've done in the past is history and what I'm gonna do in the future is a mystery
There's nothing to fear but fear itself. It's an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it's not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
