I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.

I never really, really pushed my boys into boxing, but I guess it's in the blood.

When I was 17, my mum made me work in a cake factory for three days - I hated it.

We're only human, and fear can eat away at you the closer you get to a big fight.

I couldn't go to school with whites. Now there are schools that educate everyone.

I don't need Mayweather, but it is an entertaining fight for the American public.

I'm not afraid to lose. I'm here for the competition. I'm here to make greatness.

If you want nothing, do what you want. If you want everything, develop discipline

The fight will last as long as I allow it to last, and then I will knock him out.

I am a fighter who walks, talks and thinks fighting but I try not to look like it

I'm a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.

You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.

I never think of physical fighting. It's always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.

I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.

God will not place a burden on a man's shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.

You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.

I sought the advice and cooperation from all those around me- but not permission.

I think I might've turned 39, look like I turned 29, feel like I turned about 19.

I was concerned about them. I mean, it feels good but I was concerned about them.

They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved.

I don't believe in past lifetimes, but if there was one, I had to be a gladiator.

Nobody is born as a champion. You have to earn it through hard work. Get started!

From nothing to everything is a long way, from everything to nothing is one stop.

A boxer makes a comeback for two reasons: either he’s broke or he needs the money.

I'm a five-time world champion in two different weight classes. Man, it's amazing.

I give blood, sweat and tears inside the ring and I'm never going to stop working.

I definitely believe if you give me any part of your chin, you are going to sleep.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

I fought Sugar Ray six times. Pound for pound the greatest fighter who ever lived.

I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.

My dad is an excellent grandfather. He loves kids. He loves to kiss them to death.

I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene.

I could see he was having problems taking my punches. I had no problem taking his.

How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.

There's nothing wrong with getting knocked down, as long as you get right back up.

In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first

Before I became a Muslim, I ate pork and chased women--but all that stuff stopped.

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.

I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have.

When I was fighting, there was no boxing in Saudi Arabia because it was forbidden.

My first world title gave me the confidence to go and do bigger and better things.

Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining.

I saw a chance to make the 1988 Olympic boxing team and forgot all about football.

I can't and won't be defeated at Goodison Park, the greatest stadium in the world.

It's all about the Benjamins, I got a Pay Per View and I should be on Pay Per View.

The sky is the limit for me, but in boxing you have to take it one fight at a time.

Fighting cancer taught me more than I ever could have imagined, but I've beaten it.

When you are defending your title at any point in your career, a loss can be fatal.

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