No doubt about it, in my career Ron Lyle hit me the hardest. One time he hit me so hard I didn't see it until I saw it on film when I woke up!

I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'

In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, "This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for". No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

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.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.