"People truly believed it was impossible for women to play good chess or become a grandmaster. They really were convinced that because no other woman had done it before me it was impossible. But I learned chess quickly and it...
"If I don't stand and fight for change, then I'm part of the tyranny that's taking place. I refuse to succumb to being a second class citizen...You can't whitewash what God has planned for me in my life." The separation of sports and politics is a widely accepted...
"How could someone be so stupid to say (Mike Tyson) could be the greatest? He had no character. He didn't have the ability to overcome controversy like Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis. They overcame personal issues...Tyson didn't have that ability." T eddy Atlas has a lot...
"My motto is: never let fear determine who you are, and never let where you come from determine where you are going. That's what I preach, and what I talk about. I would love to be able to give that back, and share it with anybody. I don't care what part of the...
"There's no difference between us and the golden arches of McDonald's. This is what America was built on: private enterprise, and people that want to be the two percent out there, not just the ninety-eight percent that think about it, but the two percent that get it...
“When you’re in the ring fighting you don’t feel pain. You could get cut, break your nose, have your jaw broken; you keep fighting…You’ll feel it the next day though!” Humble. Polite. Honest. These may not typically be the characteristics one associates with...