I wanted the world to know where I was from. I wanted to say to the world, "We gotcha." America gotcha.

Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.

I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.

I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.

Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school.