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Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.
I think we're all brothers - that's the truth. But the press gave us the name black Muslims to cut us off from the others.
I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me
To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.
I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived.
I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven't lived in vain.
It doesn't mean much to me if I'm behind or not in a fight; the fact is that I hold these guns in my right and left hands.
I'll help out in ways to inspire others and ways to get people together and bring about things to help people financially.
Depression is a serious thing and, after my defeat to Pacquiao, I was facing retirement and didn't cope with it very well.
Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.
Beating a legend is a very good feeling, but internally I was processing the realization that I could compete with anyone.
There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter.
What a lot of people don't understand is, you can't really do nothing for power - you're either born with it or you aren't.
Not fighting, avoiding talking to fans... that's when the thoughts creep in about retiring and moving on to something else.
He was bested by a better fighter, ...I didn't feel like he was intimidated. If I made a mistake he would have punished me.
Apparently, we've been to the moon in 1969, 1970. We've been there six times, I don't believe a word of it. Some people do.
This is no ordinary nine to five day job and I have a 24/7 in terms of my boxing and my career as a professional sportsman.
I'm going to be one of the best fighters coming out of Philadelphia and one of the best Latino fighters who's ever done it.
Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can't make mistakes.
I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.
I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.
Big money causes me too much trouble with my ex-wives and the government. All I want is to keep busy and to be comfortable.
When you're No. 1 contender for five years, and you know who's controlling things, you'll do something you're not proud of.
I always needed money when I was younger. I had different ways of getting it. A lot of the ways I don't like to talk about.
Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring, fight one more round.
Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can't leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion.
I happen to be a Sagittarius. That means we pull back the bow, we aim and fire at our target, and we aim to hit our target.
During the past 23 years, I have set a number of goals for myself and I'm proud to say that these goals have been achieved.
When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.
The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.
I had it in my heart. I believed in myself, and I had confidence. I knew how to do it, had natural talent and I pursued it.
People with success are less able to cope because you're used to being on Mount Everest and when it's gone, what do you do?
I've challenged Cain Velasquez to a fight three times. He's a little boy who doesn't want to fight. He said no, live on TV.
Do you recognise me?" he asked. Willie looked hard and considered before finally replying "Lie down so I can recognise you.
I would spend some of it. I would help a lot of people around me. I will change a lot of people's lives around me, honestly.
I feel like everything's got to be neat and everything's got to be right before I put on my performance, so I brush my hair.
The way my father raised me, we don't pat ourselves on the back. We don't call ourselves great, we let other people do that.
I thought, I can't wait to get on the podium squad. I was in my hotel and they were in the Premier Inn living the high life!
This is what Philadelphia fighters are all about - rising to the occasion - and that's what I've been doing my whole career.
I've been in this position many times and I know it's these so-called easy fights that can be harder than the toughest ones.
If you look after yourself, keep yourself healthy and have good sparring, there shouldn't be any issues regarding ring rust.
To promote a fight with Adrien Broner would obviously be an exciting trash-talking event and one that I believe would enjoy.
Reaganomics, that makes sense to me. It means if you don't have enough money, it's just because poor people are hoarding it.
Sometimes your worst hits in life wind up being your best advantage. If only you could believe that when you're getting hit.
Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.
I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.