When I Was A Boy, I Used

I Had My Olympic Gold Medal Cut Up Into Eleven Pieces. Gave All Eleven Of My Kids A Piece. It'll Come Together Again When They Put Me Down.

You Can Map Out A Light Plan Or A Life Plan, But When The Action Starts, It May Not Go The Way You Planned, And You're Down To The Reflexes You Developed In Training. That's Where Roadwork Shows - The Training You Did In The Dark Of The Mornin' Will Show When You're Under The Bright Lights.

I Don't Think A Man Has To Go Around Shouting And Play-acting To Prove He Is Something. And A Real Man Don't Go Around Putting Other Guys Down, Trampling Their Feelings In The Dirt, Making Out They're Nothing.

I Got A Burlap Sack, Put A Brick In The Middle, And Filled It With Rags, Corncobs, Some Spanish Moss, And Sand. I Hung That Sack Off The Branch Of An Oak Tree. I'd Wrap My Hands With A Necktie Of My Daddy's And Punch At It. My Mom Gave Me An Hour A Day. My Brothers And Sisters Said, "nah." I Said, "you'll See."

Joe Louis Is The Greatest Heavyweight Champion Of All Time. Rocky Marciano Is Second Only To Louis. Where Do I Rate Ali? Somewhere Below Me. I Beat Him, And If I Could Beat Him, No Doubt Joe Louis And Rocky Marciano Could Have Beaten Him.