“A champion shows who he is by what he does.”

Odds are just the people opinion. Respect your own opinion.

Everyone has freedom to say whatever they want to say. I think it takes a stronger person to hold their tongue as opposed to speaking out.

I lived in a project and didn’t have a good education. But, I’d listen to the preacher, who said that God would show me the way. Everything starts from that confidence.

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.

Stay on your toes and always move forward.

He listens to his trainer real good. He just doesn’t listen to me. I still can’t get him to do nothing.

As far as working out, I know exactly what I’m doing.

Every time someone starts talking about weight, it takes away from the fight. No one is born at that weight. We grew into that weight. It is all about the challenge, more so than the weight.

I got three whippings a day from my mama.

When you do not change up a lot, people may know you a lot better than they should.

The word of God steadies me. He says your trials and tribulations make you who you are. So you can see my whole story in the way I endured and overcame some testing experiences.

When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.

I’ve had a great life following my faith and my instincts.

I think my whole living in vain involves me. I know that the biggest help for me is to help someone else in so many different ways.

The game’s been good to me and I hope I’ve been good to the game. I’m 50 years old and I’ve pretty much did everything that I wanted to do in boxing.

Either I believe I can be the best heavyweight fighter in the world and beat everyone, or I will not. I feel I can beat everyone as a heavyweight.

There are sometimes easier games and others harder, but the Champions League always requires enormous concentration.

A champion team needs only a small window of opportunity to stage a fightback, something I had learnt over the years.

Champions don’t give up when things get hard; they keep trying.  

What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind.

Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.

Always be the best, my boy, the bravest, and hold your head up high above all the others. Never disgrace the generation of your fathers. They were the bravest champions.

A true champion has experienced fatigue many times and yet always finds what they still haven’t given.

Real talent doesn’t always win championships, like real music doesn’t always win Grammys.