"A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar."

"Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion."

"Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart."

"Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive."

"Since the 1960s, there has been a tremendous expansion of the resources available to pay for health care."

"It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal with our Nation's number one public health problem."

"I went to the doctor and he said I had acute appendicitis, and I said compared to who?"