“Loss is not as bad as wanting more.”

When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.

The further one goes, the less one knows.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry.

To know that you do not know is the best.

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

Avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

It’s contagious to do great. But once that one bad apple falls, everybody else will fall, and that’s how it is.

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

The Gospel is not about going from bad to good, it’s about going from dead to alive!

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

I’m the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something’s going down, I won’t eat. Some people eat, I don’t eat. And it shows in my physical frame.

Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.

I’ve never experienced a bad situation with men being sexist with me. I’ve been very lucky – even when I was just starting and modeling in Milan and Paris.

I’m one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.