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

I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.

I didn't love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else. So when I was a teen I reached out in a wrong way. I started to be a mugger, to rob people in the streets, just to supply for my needs.

It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.

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

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

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