“Boxing is the image of the Vietnam war with none of its guilt and only 25 percent of its dangers. It is like a sin. Too popular to be abolished.”

“It's time to reconnect to people you like and get rid of people you don't like....We need to live.”

“Boxers, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.”

“There are more pleasent things to do than beat up people. Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”

“The moment we stop fighting for the underdog is the moment we lose humanity.”

“It doesn't matter how far you go as a boxer..It matters how far you go as a man!”

“Compassion and toughness can go together.”