Before each one of my fights, I make a point of saluting my opponent. I salute the other fighter out of respect, even though he is trying to take something from me.
If I could've made Muhammad Ali smaller I would have fought him.
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
When you do your best, there is no impossibility.
Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious. . . knocked out cold before. . . and I saw Roy Jones get knocked out twice in a row.
He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.
There's no great person that lived that didn't go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history.
I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
He's built up to be invincible and no man is invincible, any man can be knocked out.
You got to be smart you got to be clever and not get hit and when your able to do this your a fighter
I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
I knew it was all or nothing.
The best fighter is never angry.
As I've always said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter. ' I'm much better with women than I am being tough in a bar!
I'm a street fighter. I'm ready for any kind of mixed martial arts that comes at me.
The American dream is about achieving happiness. When you become a fire fighter, a police officer or a teacher or a nurse, you know you're not going to become a billionaire. And what my parents achieved working as a bartender and a maid at a hotel after arriving here with nothing, no education, no money. The first words my dad learned in English where I'm looking for a job. You know what my parents achieved? They owned a home in a safe and stable neighborhood. They retired with dignity and they left all four of their children better off than themselves.
My only talent is that I have a so-called big engine. I can attack on successive days - well maybe now not so often - or ride tempo at the front of the peloton for a week. I'm not a climber or a sprinter. Whatever makes the race sticky, fast and difficult is good for me. I'm just a big motor - I think I'm allowed to say that - and a fighter. I'll do whatever it takes to make the race.
I was taught to fighter like Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali when I was growing up.
The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of British Special Forces, two Navy Seals, an Afghan Special Forces commando, a lawyer, two fighter pilots and at least two dozen combat veterans and counterinsurgency experts. They jokingly refer to themselves as Team America, taking the name from the South Park-esque sendup of military cluelessness, and they pride themselves on their can-do attitude and their disdain for authority.