Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the world might have never known one of the greatest boxing talents ever to come out of Philadelphia.

I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I'm a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy.

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.

I'm 100 percent clean. I'm doing this off of nuts and bananas.

You've got to be willing to look at a guy's face and say I will kill you if I have to. You've got to be willing to look in his face and say that I will stab you, I will hurt you and you can't talk the game, you've got to really act and do the game. Prison is a thing where talking gets you killed. What gets you respect is you do. The guy that you fear is a guy that says nothing.

There's always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.

I got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it's not what happened, but what happens next.