I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.

I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time.

I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.

Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.