“My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.”

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right. I take that one step further. You shouldn’t do anything unless you do it right.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

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 hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you’ve got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.

If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.

Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.

I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.

Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.

Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I’d get locked in a grocery store.

I loved him greatly, only to be hurt and destroyed by the unstable feelings breathing within him.

The more you open up, the more you get hurt. So basically, I’m just riddled with scars and I just don’t want any more.

Love of my life, you’ve hurt me. You’ve broken my heart, and now you leave me. Love of my life, can’t you see? Bring it back, bring it back, and don’t take it away from me, because you don’t know what it means to me.

Pain is only relevant if it still hurts.

The person you hurt the most doesn’t deserve to be hurt.

Only Americans can hurt America.

Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts, good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.

Sugar makes me feel crazy – like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don’t really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something – something that I’m missing.