“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.”

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.”

“You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.”

“You dont have to be in a boxing ring to be a great fighter. As long as you are true to yourself, you will succeed in your fight for that in which you believe.”

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”

“When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.”

“You taste like sugar," he pants through a smile, still out of breath."Somehow I doubt that. But I appreciate the thought.”

“Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.”

“It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.”

“It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right.”

“The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.”