Before a fight between Riddick Bowe and Hector Gonzales: Generally when there's a lot of smoke . . . there's just a whole lot more smoke.

I do believe he’s the greatest, but forget about boxing - give that to Joe Louis, or somebody - I believe he’s one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.

When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.