The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.

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.

I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart.

I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.

His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips.

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.