If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.
I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
Boxing kept me out of the streets, by giving me something to do. And it gave me a father figure in the coach that was there for me. I just reiterated what my mother was trying to teach me about focusing and getting my life together.
Boxing is the gift I have been given for whatever reason and I'd love to honour God in everything I do.
I do believe he’s the greatest, but forget about boxing - give that to Joe Louis, or somebody - I believe he’s one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.
Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost
Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.
What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?
He would have beat everybody because we'd have found a way to beat him.
Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.
I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.
Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind. He sometimes goes insane, he sometimes goes on the bottle, because it's an intensive pressure sport that allows people to just lose it.
I want to keep fighting because it's the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.
I don't fight for legacy. I don't fight for none of that, I fight for that check. I'm in the check cashing business.
Sit down, son. It's all over. No-one will ever forget what you did here today
My kid could move like a lightweight
Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.
Lie down so I can recognise you
I love going to the gym and taking aerobics classes and kickboxing. Doing a variety of activities keeps it fresh and helps work other muscles that could potentially help you with your game.
My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.
The Glory is the issue to me. Money comes and goes, but a legacy stays forever. I hate to lose
If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.
The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my career. In my private life, I am quiet and reflective by nature.
His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.
