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.

Understand that I'm at my best when it comes to proving a point, not only to show that I'm a better fighter and a better athlete at 40½ years old, but I'm at my best when I know I've got to beat the system again.

You think it's hard for me when I go in the ring and fight? That's the least of my problems. I think about the five years that I did in prison. I think about the nine years on parole. Nothing - nothing! - can compare to that struggle. I'm telling you, from being an ex-convict with 30 convictions, a degree nowhere to be found and black? I'm done.

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

I've got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.

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 always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.