Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.