You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.

The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.

Tex Cobb would call me every day after we fought, I got sick of talking to him. I liked him a lot as a fighter, and as a person, and feel that sometimes he was misunderstood.

I think a trainer is very important at the beginning of a fighter's career. A fighter needs to know how to throw a left, throw a right, how to duck, how to do certain things. Over time, you don't really need a trainer. You've got to train yourself. You've got to motivate yourself. And I don't think anybody can put that in you.

Yeah, I thought I could be heavyweight champion of the world when I was working with Ali and Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers and all those guys. Because they were older than me and I was doing my thing.

That guy [Floyd Mayweather] is throwing his money around like there is no tomorrow.

Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion.