There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.

If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.

Learn to sell and you'll never starve

Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay.

Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.

Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.

Country music has the great stories.