Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion.

You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character.

You open the show with a bang, then don't come back on for 45 minutes.

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

And of course coming from Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano was my favorite.

I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.

When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out.

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.

I don't watch a lot of featherweight fights yet some of those fights are the best fights ever.

You have to remember, I didn't want this life.

Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend.

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time.

There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.

If people like what I do, fine. If they don't, fine.

Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?

I think that people who have Vegas throat are people who sing from their throats only.

I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old.

But I don't work out. I pay people to do that for me.

Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion.

Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.

When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out.

Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well.

I wanted to be a plumber.

I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking.

It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out.

I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner.

I'm a performer. We don't retire.

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers.

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form.

Whether I'm doing music or I'm walking down the street or I'm in a record store buying a record or I walk into a comic store and I'm buying comics or having a drink with my friends, it's the same me.

I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head.

I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards.

I was stuck at home in bed with me and got more and more involved with the Internet. I used it to keep in contact with friends and to make sure I was up to date with everything that was going on in the world.

He who hath many friends hath none.

In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled.

I rarely do masks because, if I have any extra time, I'd rather spend it with my friends than on myself.

I don't know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we've become friends through the years. And you've been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult ones. I can't tell you how grateful I am.

David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends.

I just have some restaurants to just go and eat there. Do mean places to watch people? I like to go shopping look for guitars and stuff with my friends. Look at Meyer, great old instruments, talk about pedals and stuff.

With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!'

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened - you're lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books.

And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.