All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.

The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake.

Like I say, boxing was on the floor, but it got back up.

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

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

Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning.

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.