“My toughest fight was with my first wife.”

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.

At the end of the day, I am going for all the belts, so I am going to have to go through all of them. And I would live to fight the U.K. guys – even in the U.K.

I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.

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

Even the president is watching the fight.

Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.

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

Wilder is not a big draw in the U.S. He maybe sells 5,000 to 10,000 tickets when he’s fighting in his own town for the heavyweight champion.

I always ask myself, what do I need to prove? I won the fight.