In truth, women are the strong ones.
As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd; let them follow you.
In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didnt have any fear. I thought, This is easy. This is what Ive been waiting for. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.
Its very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids. . . youre not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure.
I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.
The boxing promotion part is really interesting, because I got the chance to do something with my sons. They carry their own weight, and I get a chance to listen to them and see what they have on their minds. I don't have to hand out things to do, and now they have things for me to do. It's an amazing privilege to get the opportunity to work with your children.
If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.
I'm sorry, I don't listen to country music.
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.
I know when I like to go see a show, I like to see people show as many different facets of themselves as they can, because I think that's the fun of it.
A record is something that isn't real or true. It's like cinema. It's a construction of something hyper-real and surreal and unreal all at the same time. You make a space that doesn't really exist. One of the big joys of being in this line of work is building the recorded versions of the songs.