Oliver McCall was someone who I never really got to know too well, and he had some well-publicized problems.
Larry HolmesPeople think that I reached the top overnight; well, it took me fourteen years. I was twenty-nine before I really made it. I've had my jaws and hands broken. One arm is out of place. I've paid my dues in this business.
Larry HolmesNow I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.
Larry HolmesI train myself. I don't have trainers who want hundreds of thousands of dollars to train me. I hire who I want to put the grease on my face, to rub my neck and rub my back, to take my mouthpiece out and rinse it off and put the mouthpiece back in. And then I go about my business. And if they want to say something, they can give me little reminders. All you need are reminders. You don't need 'big-time' trainers.
Larry Holmes