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Politics is not about schmoozing, it's about boxing. And you have to enter the arena; you have to come close enough that your face would ready the face of the other guy; and the price is that he can reach your face.

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

Recently I donated money to the establishment of the Muhammad Ali Foundation in Louisville. I regard that as a kind of payback. He smoothed the way for us. He wasn’t just a great person who had conviction, but made the sport of boxing great. He was the first superstar, he made our stock rise. Without him we wouldn’t have earned so much. Americans from every walk of life have contributed to the foundation: Bill Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt. Unfortunately I was the only American athlete to make a donation. There’s not enough respect in our business.

See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it.

Sarah Palin met the wombshifter! Old Sarah and the wombshifter.

Rocky Marciano stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump.

Say that again, Commonwealth whit? (translation: what?) I'm no used tae hearing that.

Some gems for the greatest of them all

Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the world might have never known one of the greatest boxing talents ever to come out of Philadelphia.

Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

So I didn't pass. It was the army's decision that they didn't want me to go into the service. They're the boss. I don't want to say no whole lot about it.

Some pay to see me win, some pay to see me lose, but they all pay.

Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor.

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.

Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth.

Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking it. Footwork, timing and stamina are essential. Just you and your opponent until one of you is beaten. There's no brain damage in tennis - although sometimes I wonder.

Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan.

Some were scattered about the ring, one or two went in the sawdust tub, one I spat out as I fell, and I am thundering sure I swallowed a couple

Sugar Ray Leonard's retirements last about as long as Elizabeth Taylor's marriages.

Sued King for $100 million, alleging the boxing promoter cheated him out of millions over more than a decade. It was settled out of court for $14 million.

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.

That'd be good. That'd be a right good laugh, man. Ye cannae catch me shuttin' up, man

Telling the truth is the funniest joke in the world.

That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

Talk of fighting Tyson is a little premature. I'm an addict and an alcoholic

That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for pound... I'd say I'm the greatest heavyweight of all time, but pound for pound, I still say Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest of all time.

The biggest fight in my life is not in boxing. The biggest fight in my life is how to end poverty in my country.

That's all they said was wrong with me?

That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.

The beauty about boxing fights is that they offer lots of opportunity to really learn something about yourself and your opponent.

That's just the business of boxing. Things just turned out that way. I don't think it was any particular reason. I had opportunities to fight in bigger fights, but things just didn't always work out.

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men.

The dumbest question I was ever asked by a sportswriter was whether I hit harder with red or white gloves. As a matter of fact, I hit harder with red.

The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.

The fact is I never was too bright in school. I just barely graduated. I had a D- average. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do principals make a month?

The greatest fighter I ever saw

The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.

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.

The Glory is the issue to me. Money comes and goes, but a legacy stays forever. I hate to lose

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

The key to anything in boxing and life is sticking to it. Never give up.

The match would have to be made at 165 pounds. Sean can't make 160 any more, even though he's drinking lite beer these days

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

The one thing I can't get enough of is boxing. I love sparring in the ring or just doing the training, and it's easily one of the most effective ways of keeping off fat.

The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you

The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport.

The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my career. In my private life, I am quiet and reflective by nature.

The past is gone. I know it sounds cliché, but you're here. Like be in it. And boxing was a really good analogy for me to try and carry that in my everyday life all the time.