Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Honey, I just forgot to duck. (to his wife, on losing the World Heavyweight title)

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.