He listens to his trainer real good. He just doesn't listen to me. I still can't get him to do nothing.

When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.

I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions.

I lived in a project and...didn't have a good education. But...I'd listen to the preacher, who said that God would show me the way. Everything starts from that confidence.

When you do not change up a lot, people may know you a lot better than they should.

If you quit every time things don't go your way, then you'll be quitting all through your life.

Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight.