"I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks"

"New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something"

"When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves"

"Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it"

"I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won"

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing"

"When I'm boxing, if my career isn't going well, at least I feel mentally and physically strong"

"Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh"

"All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on"

"But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in"

"The third man in the ring makes boxing possible"