Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.
I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.
You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie.
Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.
I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.
Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States and is not dependent on them.
Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.
UTC Aerospace Systems has a couple of million dollars of content on every single aircraft that gets delivered. That's the chutes, the electric system, rotors, etc.
All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.
Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.
A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.
Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.
Kids always need a role model. I let them know you can do it, too, if you really want to.
Even though the outcome wasn't the way it should have been, publicly I still feel in my heart I won the Sugar Ray Leonard fight.
It's fun when you're winning and performing well, but it's also hard because now you get older, you got responsibilities.
Basically, as a leader, I try not to make any mistakes, because there's a lot of people watching even though you don't think so.
The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy.
Emotional hurt, you gotta let that go. Walk away and let it be. So many highs and lows, but if you keep being down, you'll never get up.
I always felt that if I did the right thing, that if I trained hard and worked hard, I'd be rewarded somehow.
I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.
I started to put on weight when I was about four and a half and it got really bad when I was around nine. I ballooned. I was about 110 pounds.
