Champions are made from something deep inside — a desire, a dream, a vision.

I don't count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they're the only ones that count.

No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

The U.S. may be behind on family-friendly benefits, but I see it's changing, because we're all facing a talent war.

They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.

If you look at the history of technology over a couple hundred years, it's all about time compression and making the globe smaller. It's had positive effects, all the ones that we know. So we're much less likely to have the kind of terrible misunderstandings that led to World War I, for example.

Ali forced us to take a look at ourselves. This brash young man who thrilled us, angered us, confused and challenged us, ultimately became a silent messenger of peace who taught us that life is best when you build bridges between people, not walls.