The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.

The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary.

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.

Boxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar is a survivor, he's gonna be back bigger and stronger.

I really didn't care. I'd do something to somebody and walk in front of them the next day like it never happened. I had very very low value on my own life.