"The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing"

"Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last week's winner of Have I Got News For You-but I suppose you might be wrong"

"Once you're a winner, you can give all sorts of reasons why you're a winner. Of course, you could all those same reasons to explain why a show fails"

"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner"

"A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive"

"I'm a winner each and every time I go into the ring"

"I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring"

"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner"

"In love, the one who runs away is the winner"

"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will"

"Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner"