I had a job to do in the ring, and the businessmen around me had a job to do outside the ring, I did my job by beating up most of the guys they put in front of me and staying in shape, but the people I trusted didn't do their jobs.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.

Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men.

You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to the reflexes you developed in training. That's where roadwork shows - the training you did in the dark of the mornin' will show when you're under the bright lights.

When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.