Sonny Liston

“A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.”

“The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.”

“Someday they're gonna write a blues song just for fighters. It'll be for a slow guitar, soft trumpet and a bell.”

“I'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than mayor of Philadelphia.”

“I'd like to be the first man in history to get a standing ovation for falling down.”

“My fist is my passport.”

“I came out of the gutter. I'm trying to get a little polish.”

“He's too pretty. He's a pretty boy.”

“Man, I'm the champ of the world. I'm the strongest, I'm the baddest.”

“If I had to do it all over again, I'd probably be a safecracker.”

“I ain't no teddy bear.”