Early on in my career I had the kind of anxious where you couldn't sleep at night. That anxiousness is like a virus we all have in us. Some you can deal with but some will wipe you out.

Enjoy that you can see me now. I would love to see the great Michael Jordan and Julius Erving in their younger days, but they're gone. Look at me at 50, I'm going to eat right and live right so I can take less punches and look normal.

The NBA has a voice that's why they have a lockout. The NFL has a voice that's why they had a lockout. Boxing is the only sport that's individually represented the individual people - Managers, Promoters and Boxers.

I was made to be where I'm at. I just had to go through some challenges, so that I can educate others later.

If I'm in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up.

I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from - the penitentiary.

This fight isn't about boxing, it's something deeper than that.