“It’s hard to beat a guy when he’s got his mind made up that he’s going to win.”

The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.

The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

The man with no imagination has no wings.

Impossible is not a fact, It’s an opinion.

The only limitations one has, are the ones they place on themselves.

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.

Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world.

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.

The more we help others, the more we help ourselves.

I’m a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I’m no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won’t hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

My main purpose is to pray five times a day. And that’s not easy.

I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.

Braggin’ is when a person says something and can’t do it. I do what I say.

I’ve never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head.

I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.

If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.