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Daniel Geale is the next chapter in my career. After I get through him, I can talk about what comes next.
For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship.
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.
My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
I don't want to be remembered. As long as my kids remember me, I'd rather be forgotten by everybody else.
I'm a man. I lived it and I'm not afraid to die but when I die I'm going to paradise and I'm not worried.
The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women.
I always liked to chase the girls. Parkinson's stops all that. Now I might have a chance to go to heaven.
The crowd did not dream when they laid down their money that they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny!
As much as I have respect for him, this is for the crowd. The crowd didn't deserve what happened tonight.
Even the other kids who people made fun of made fun of me. That's where I stood on the school food chain.
Winning the IBF title was the greatest night of my life. To give it up outside the ring is truly painful.
I always laugh at people who strive to be famous because all you do is get mithered to death by everyone.
I'm guilty of reverse discrimination. I'm white, and people don't think that white fighters are any good.
I don't claim to be the best boxer in the world. What I claim to do is give 100% when I get in that ring.
The guys that I beat in the 'Super Six,' every one of those fights was tough, even if I did dominate some.
I might have a snack before bed. We have healthy cheat snacks. I might eat some apricots or veggie straws.
My dad is my best friend, not just my dad. We hardly ever bump heads, but when we do, we just work it out.
I've been in the ring with the Bronze Bomber, Deontay Wilder. I've tasted his power, and he's tasted mine.
I walk around at 150-152 pounds to weigh 147 pounds. Other boxers weigh around 160-170 before coming down.
I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.
But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
The fact is that Mike Tyson bit through my trousers and took a significant piece of flesh out of my thigh.
I'm not aiming for a knockout. I focus on doing my best. If the knockout comes, fine. If not, that's okay.
I just think about the fight and what can happen. In the ring, It's my time to shine in front of everyone.
I'll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing.
Do you know why I’m the fastest heavyweight in the world? I’m the only heavyweight that trains underwater!
When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.
I'm not into fashion at all. I always wear the same thing: dark suits. I don't even know where I get them.
I may be born in the U.K., but nobody takes away from the fact that I'm an Arab, and I'm proud to be Arab.
I think that headband and that brylcreem and that gel on his hair will do him no good should we get it on.
It's unbelievable really. For something that started off as a hobby, I ended up getting paid for doing it.
Boxing is all about timing. And if you take long periods of inactivity, you will be made to pay the price.
If ever you want to get rid of somebody you don't want to talk to, just mention God. They're out of there.
Boxing is an all year round sport. You never know when they're going to call you, so you got to stay ready.
You're only as good as your last fight. It's just the way things are. It's the way that the sport is built.
I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.
I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.
Candy corn. For Halloween that is my favorite candy, but it doesn't come around that often and I like that.
When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.
A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me.
I am very happy that Floyd Mayweather and I can give the fans the fight they have wanted for so many years.
I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
There's nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don't make the same ones. We don't want to duplicate them.
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.
Who would have thought when they came to the fight? That they'd witness the launching of a human satellite.