“His level of experience is nearly transcendent.”

“Perhaps Ali's most significant talent with the ability to transport people past thoughts and words to a world of feeling and play.”

“You say I can't do it because you can't. Mohammed Ali”

“I wouldn't serve a God who wouldn't speak to me.George Foreman”

“When I was 30, I used to wonder when I was going to quit playing. Use disorder worry about it. Now, I know I'm never going to quit.”

“Old fighters keep making comebacks. We are more alive when boxing than at almost any other time.”

“Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can'...”

“It always struck me in years after how bizarre it was, how two people could look at one another with such tenderness and complete love, and how quickly that could dissolve into nothing but bitterness.”

“Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.”

“Sometimes, insatiable curiosity and compassion are all that life requires of us.”

“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.”

“If spectacle is lacking in everyday life, it may be because we have forgotten where and how to look.”

“Once you being defensive in your answer. Just know there is the truth in the question you have been asked, or there is truth in what they are saying to you.”

“We as ambitious human beings can maintain self respect by influencing ourselves to behave as civil human beings and focus on our long term goals by not allowing others to take advantage of our lives.”

“Any defensiveness is a sign of failure. You can't move forward if you are defensive.”