The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!

-Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

-Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them

-Never make someone a priority when they only make you an option

-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.

-Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is!

-A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

-At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

-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 last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

-He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

-I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want

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

-It's not bragging if you can back it up

-Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when life is hard.

-There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

-When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble

-The only kind of respect that matters is self-respect

-Dont fight a battle if you dont gain anything from winning