There ain't nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. It's more exciting than looking down a cliff.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

As long as I'm reading, I'm at home.

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.

Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.