“Love is spiritual. It's about self-sacrifice and commitment. And discipline. You cannot have true love without discipline and respect. When you lose the respect of your spouse, you've lost everything.”

“Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.”

“You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.”

“It's all about discipline - and having an inner calm. That's one of the main driving forces for me when I step into the ring - you can’t have a fight and lose your temper. You need to remain calm and focused when everything around you is in chaos. It's a similar thing for the buddhists - they remain calm and disciplined in the hurly burly of everyday life.”

“Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows
with the ability to say no to oneself.”

“It's not about winning or losing, but love and respect.”

“Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you've lost that, you've lost everything.”

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”

“You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.”