“I never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.”

In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.

Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.

Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.

You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.

I’ve never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself.

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

Don’t count the days; make the days count.

Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise.

My toughest opponent has always been me.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

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.

Believe the incredible and you can do the impossible.

Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.

I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.

In the year 2006, a person can have sufficient intellectual and material resources to build a nuclear bomb and still believe that he will get seventy-two virgins in Paradise.

I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.

Ask for what you want. Believe that you deserve it, and then allow Life to give it to you.

There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color…We must fight back.

There are no good reasons to believe in god.