“One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.”

If you don’t dream, you might as well be dead.

Filling a need is not merely good business; it’s a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.

A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He’ll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.

The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.

I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison.

There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.

Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

As an entrepreneur, don’t follow the crowd; let them follow you.

You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!

Maybe water is not entirely lost when soaked into sand. Maybe it finds a better resting place to call home; and I hope she did too.

It’s better to look at the sky than live there.

Better hope deferred than none.

Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.

What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.