I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.
As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.
Preaching is the most original thing I've ever done. There's nothing familiar about it. You have to be brave.
The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.
I'm back in Boston. I own an outdoor deck hockey rink, and I own a boxing gym here also.
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
If I am 100% prepared for the fight, my opponent has no chance to win the fight. I am saying what I mean: He has a 0% chance to win the fight. There is going to be no luck involved; there is going to be nothing else to stop me from winning the fight.
I didn't play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport.
You know, I think I had a great career; there's not much I think I'd do different other than get a title shot much earlier. I didn't get one till 49 or 50 fights into my career.
If your brain's not right they have good people at the NHS to help you fix it and talk to and counselling to calm you down and to focus you.
When you speak to a lot of kids, as I've done over the years, you know what to say, keep them laughing, good illustrations and learn to read.
Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.
Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
Boxing is a buzz, but I went into it to make a living. I wasn't going to go into the ring and get punched in the head for the fun of it.
Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.
If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can't make mistakes.
People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.
I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.
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Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.
